Indonesia's Unemployment Question: Promise and Policy Strategic Asia Team Indonesia is already into the 11th year of its political and economic transition which began with the advent of the Asian Economic Crisis. Much has happened during that time. The political landscape has changed beyond recognition. The economy is growing at around 5-6% per annum, something which is still higher than most developing countries.

Corruption, Economic Growth and Anti Corruption Policy: Lessons for Indonesia Strategic Asia Team The eradication of corruption has become a central plank of government policy in Indonesia following the collapse of the New Order. The sharp rise in civil society organisations and the free media that came with the advent of the second wave of Indonesian democracy has raised public awareness of the magnitude and the consequences of corruption on Indonesia’s economic, social and political development.

The Policy Dimensions of Inequality in Indonesia Strategic Asia Team The focus of recent social welfare policy in Indonesia has been on poverty reduction. High economic growth has been assumed to be a pre-condition of poverty reduction. For this assumption to be true we have to assume that economic inequality is relatively constant over time.

Growth and Resources in Aceh: Challenges in the Future Strategic Asia Team The economic challenge facing Aceh is enormous. Growth trend declined both for the total as well as the non-oil GRDP. It is obvious that the past growth trajectory could not be replicated .

Aceh Inequality Strategic Asia Team This brief calls for urgent government action on inequality. The issue has always been important elsewhere, but this is even more so in the case Aceh. Growth was not spread evenly, poverty remains high and inequality has increased overtime. There are cases where the contrast between the populations is quite dramatic.

Poverty in Indonesia Strategic Asia This short note discusses the strange paradox between policy priority given to poverty alleviation in Indonesia both by the Constitution and the current government on the one hand and the confusions and delays that have surrounded both the design and implementation of poverty reduction policy on the other.

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Making Decentralization Works: Reaping the Reward and Managing the Risk

The purpose of this paper is to identify the nature of these concerns and to find mechanisms that the donor community could employ to respond creatively to the challenges that are likely to emerge in this domain.