ASEAN Economic Bulletin articles from April 2006

ASEAN Economic Bulletin archives from April 2006

Riding along a bumpy road: Indonesian economy in an emerging democratic era.
April 1, 2006... I. Introduction It is debatable whether the crisis that hit Indonesia in 1997 was a curse or a blessing to the Indonesian people. A clear fact is that President Soeharto, the symbol of an authoritarian government, had been forced to step...

Corruption and business uncertainty in Indonesia.
April 1, 2006... I. Introduction The word corruption has been used in many ways with differing connotations. In the economic context, however, it refers mainly to the use of public office for private gain (Shleifer and Vishny 1993). Even with this "narrow"...

Regional income disparity in Indonesia: a panel data analysis.
April 1, 2006... I. Introduction Since the beginning of the 1990s, the disparity of income per capita across regions in Indonesia has become a crucial topic. From then onwards, regions that fell behind started showing their dissatisfaction with the central...

The role of medical care in explaining the link between health and economic resources.
April 1, 2006... I. Introduction The positive association between economic resources and health has been reported extensively in the previous literature. It has also been shown that this association has antecedents in childhood (Case, Lutotsky, and Paxson...

The new Indonesian Social Security Law: a blessing or curse for Indonesians?
April 1, 2006... I. Introduction On 28 September 2004, the Indonesian House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat, or DPR) endorsed the law on the National Social Security System (Undang-Undang Sistem Jaminan Sosial Nasional, or SJSN). The law became...

Intra-household differences in education and home leaving in Indonesia.
April 1, 2006... I. Introduction When a daughter leaves her parents to set up a new household with her husband, or a son sets out to other villages to find better employment opportunities, the parents as well as the child may lose some of the benefits...

Designing an integrated financial supervision agency: selected lessons and challenges for Indonesia.(Industry overview)
April 1, 2006... I. Introduction With the creation of new financial instruments and services offered by various financial institutions, countries have found that boundaries between the different types of financial institutions such as banking, securities,...

A drastic reduction of fuel subsidies confuses ends and means.(Indonesia)
April 1, 2006... I. Introduction Rising world oil prices have posed difficult policy choices for oil importers and exporters alike. With oil consumption continuing to surge and production stagnating, if not falling, Indonesia has recently become a net oil...