National Economy In Indonesia Research Articles

Impact of Performance Based Contract Implementation on National Road Maintenance Project to Road Functional Performance

The national road network has a significant role in promoting the national economy in Indonesia. But the national road network conditions in general are still not satisfactory although the government continues to improve the technical standards of road maintenance which contributes to the high unit cost of road maintenance. To overcome this classical problem, now the road agencies began to implement alternative road maintenance contracts known as Performance Based Contract (PBC). Successful practice of PBC implementation in various countries indicates that the PBC is able to produce a good road service performance compared with the implementation of in-house system or contract-based input on road maintenance projects. This study aims to measure the impact of PBC implementation on the national road maintenance project in Indonesia with the type of flexible pavement. The impact of PBC is focused on the functional performance, which is measured using a model of IIRMS and expressed in the International Roughness Index (IRI) value. The case study conducted on one of the PBC pilot projects that are in the segment of northern coast of West Java. The results showed that the implementation of PBC for national road maintenance projects proven to ensure the quality and road service performance for the long term.

An application of multiplier analysis in analyzing the role of information and communication technology sectors on Indonesian national economy: 1990-2005

The purpose of this study is to continue the previous studies which focused on Indonesian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sectors. More specifically, this study aims to analyze the role of ICT sectors on Indonesian national economy using simple household income multiplier, one of the analysis tools in Input-Output (IO) analysis. The analysis period of this study is from 1990-2005. The results show that the sectors did not have an important role on the national economy of Indonesia on the period. Besides, the results also show that, from the point of view of the multiplier, Indonesian national economy tended to stable during the period.

The Dynamics of Indonesian Creative Industry Sectors: An Analysis Using Input–Output Approach

The purposes of this study are (1) to get the other perspective related to the role of creative industry sectors in the national economy of Indonesia and (2) to inquire about the ways to improve these industries. The period of analysis of this study is from 1990–2005. This study employs input–output (IO) analysis as a tool of analysis. More specifically, simple output multipliers method, as well as the comparison with a previous study, is used in order to achieve the first objective while demand-pull IO quantity model is applied to obtain the second one. The results show that the other perspective regarding above role is acquired from this study, namely the industries did not have an important role in Indonesian national economy in the analysis period. The results also indicate that the ways to improve above sectors are to restrict the import activity related to the creative industries products, especially the products which domestic producers are possible to produce, and to improve the quality and price of these commodities.

Beyond Political Skin: Convergent Paths to an Independent National Economy in Indonesia and Vietnam

This study discusses the transformation from a colonial into a national economy in Indonesia and Vietnam. It focuses on two intertwined processes of economic decolonization and reconstruction in the two countries after the Second World War, paying special attention to political and institutional factors involved in these processes. The study demonstrates that, although differences in the political situations resulted in the adoption of divergent strategies, Indonesia and Vietnam were in fact pursuing similar long-term goals, namely: attaining a national independent economy. The Indonesian government was determined to get rid of the economic legacy of Dutch colonialism by placing the whole economy under the strong state control and ownership, in accordance with the spirit of Guided Democracy and Guided Economy in the late 1950s and the early 1960s. This effort resembled much the socialist transformation of North Vietnam in the 1950s and the various means by which the government of South Vietnam concentrated economic power in its hands during the late 1950s and the early 1960s.

Using multipliers analysis in order to get another perspective related to the role of ICT sectors in national economy of Indonesia: 1990-2005

The purpose of this study is to get another perspective related to the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sectors in national economy of Indonesia. The period of analysis of this study is 1990-2005. This study employs Input-Output (IO) analysis as a tool of analysis. More specifically, this study uses simple output multipliers method in order to achieve the purpose. Comparison with previous study is conducted in order to get the objective of this study. Previous study, using Structural Decomposition Analysis (SDA), showed that ICT sectors did not have an important role in Indonesian national economy in above period. The similar results also appear in this study. In other words, from this study, another perspective related to the role of these sectors in Indonesian national economy in analysis period is not found.

Unity or diversity? On the integration and efficiency of rice markets in Indonesia, c. 1920–2006

The emergence of an integrated national economy in Indonesia has been a slow and ongoing evolutionary process. Using rice price series for a number of cities across the Indonesian archipelago, this paper provides quantitative evidence to track this process for the specific case of the rice market. It shows that during Indonesia’s colonial period rice markets were relatively well integrated and functioned efficiently. However, the Second World War and the subsequent struggle for independence resulted in disintegrated and inefficient markets. It is only since the late 1970s that markets in Indonesia have returned to a situation in which we can speak about a national integrated economy with well-functioning markets.

J.Th. Lindblad, A. Booth, Historical foundations of a national economy in Indonesia, 1890s-1990s. Proceedings of the colloquium, Amsterdam, 20-22 September 1994

J.Th. Lindblad, A. Booth, Historical foundations of a national economy in Indonesia, 1890s-1990s. Proceedings of the colloquium, Amsterdam, 20-22 September 1994

Book Reviews

Book Reviews

Historical Foundations of a National Economy in Indonesia, 1890s–1990s, Amsterdam, 20–22 September 1994

Historical Foundations of a National Economy in Indonesia, 1890s–1990s, Amsterdam, 20–22 September 1994