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Andrés Palacio . Photo

Andrés Palacio

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Andrés Palacio . Photo

Transforming Indonesia: Structural change in a regional perspective, 1968-2010

Author

  • Andrés Palacio
  • Tobias Axelsson

Editor

  • Vincente Pinilla
  • Henry Willebald

Summary, in English

Since 1968, Indonesia has been among the few developing countries able to sustain per capita income growth over 5%. However, poverty and surplus labor are still main features of the economy. We ask to what extent the dual nature of growth has stimulated structural change, or just rewarded a particular sector or region. We find that the emblematic State support to agriculture has not untapped the potential growth in labour reallocation. Despite the income diversification within and outside agriculture, the linkages between sectors and regions remain weak. For catching up, the integration of the outer regions into the economy must still go through agriculture, investment in human capital, infrastructure, social policies and local capabilities.

Department/s

  • Centre for Economic Demography
  • Department of Economic History
  • Department of Human Geography

Publishing year

2018

Language

English

Pages

281-305

Publication/Series

Palgrave Studies in Economic History

Volume

11

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Topic

  • Economic History

Keywords

  • structural transformation
  • productivity
  • regional income
  • Indonesia

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-3-319-66020-2
  • ISBN: 978-3-319-66019-6