About the Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Foreword: Lessons for Indonesia from East Asia vii
4. Acknowledgements xiv
5. About the Contributors xv
6. 1. Setting the Scene: The Indonesian Economy in Transition — the Jokowi Era and Beyond 1
7. 2. A New Developmentalism in Indonesia? 34
8. 3. Macroeconomic Management: Success and Challenges 57
9. 4. Continuity or Change? Indonesia’s Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer System under Jokowi 87
10. 5. How Well Is Indonesia’s Financial System Working? 121
11. 6. Rising Economic Nationalism in Indonesia 149
12. 7. Trends in the Manufacturing Sector under the Jokowi Presidency: Legacies of Past Administrations 180
13. 8. Indonesia’s Services Sector: Performance, Policies and Challenges 209
14. 9. Infrastructure Development under the Jokowi Administration: Progress, Challenges and Policies 239
15. 10. Education in Indonesia: A White Elephant? 266
16. 11. Labour Market Developments in the Jokowi Years’ 289
17. 12. Cards for the Poor and Funds for Villages: Jokowi’s Initiatives to Reduce Poverty and Inequality 318
18. 13. Distributional Politics and Social Protection in Indonesia: Dilemma of Layering, Nesting and Social Fit in Jokowi’s Poverty Policy 362
19. 14. Has Indonesian Food Policy Failed? 385
20. 15. Illegal Fishing War: An Environmental Policy during the Jokowi Era? 414
21. Index 441