Indonesia

Indonesia has been regarded as one of the success stories of developing countries escaping the resource curse (Rosser, 2004; 2007). In many developing countries, instead of becoming a source of economic growth, abundant natural resources have been associated with stagnant growth, a condition known as the resource curse or the paradox of plenty. As argued by Sachs and Warner (1997), economies with abundant natural resources have tended to Read More

The study explores structural and practical issues following the adoption of Indonesia’s e-commerce roadmap (2017–2019) and its implications for the future of the country’s digital economy. Two major categories of issues are examined in order to identify problems and challenges confronted by related stakeholders. The first category, i.e. the structural one, relates to the larger governance context of the country’s digital economy to which e-com Read More

En el presente estudio se analizan las cuestiones estructurales y prácticas planteadas por la adopción de la hoja de ruta para el comercio electrónico de Indonesia (2017-2019) y sus implicaciones para el futuro de la economía digital de este país. Se examinan dos categorías principales de cuestiones, a fin de determinar los problemas y retos con que se enfrentan en cada caso las partes interesadas. La primera categoría, a saber, la de las cuestiones es Read More

Charles Dickens’ phrase “it was the best of times; it was the worst of times” is for many Indonesian workers an apt summary of their experience during the early 2000s. While the national economy and especially its resource-exporting sectors enjoyed trade-driven growth of unprecedented magnitude and duration, millions of blue-collar workers and labor market entrants found themselves paradoxically sidelined from well-paid jobs in manufacturing, Read More