Pub Date : 2021-09-02DOI: 10.1080/00074918.2021.1992817
G. Schulze
It is the multiple dualities in Soeharto’s make-up that in fact make him such an intriguing subject for a biographer, and the subject of continuing fascination both in Indonesia and abroad. There were those extraordinary combinations of, on the one hand, far-sighted statesmanship and, on the other, what it is hard to describe other than as thuggery. Of bland, smiling modesty—and absolute ruthlessness. Of willingness to nurture, encourage and support real competence in his ministers— but also to tolerate and personally benefit from high levels of outright corruption. Of willingness and capacity to successfully advance the national interest, especially in economic development—while at the same time hindering the development of genuinely responsive national political institutions. It is hard to imagine, on the evidence of this first volume, that anyone could ever do a better job of capturing the complexity of the man and his times than David Jenkins. And in the physical quality of this 500-page publication, his Singapore publishers, ISEAS, have done both author and subject proud.
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{"title":"OECD Economic Surveys: Indonesia 2021","authors":"Susan Olivia","doi":"10.1787/fd7e6249-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1787/fd7e6249-en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46063,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies","volume":"57 1","pages":"376 - 377"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2021-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48574342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-02DOI: 10.1080/00074918.2021.1992818
G. Evans
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Pub Date : 2021-09-02DOI: 10.1080/00074918.2021.2004342
Charlotte Setijadi
In mid-2021, the Delta strain of the Covid-19 virus caused a second wave of transmissions and deaths in Indonesia at a scale much greater than what was seen in 2020. In this paper, I examine what the Indonesian government’s handling of the Covid crisis in 2021 reveals about the priorities of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), as well as his political agenda and attitude towards the country’s democracy, as he strives to cement his legacy. I argue that, while devastating, the Covid-19 pandemic has given Jokowi the opportunity to push through long-planned economic and political reforms. Furthermore, I contend that, under the guise of promoting social and political stability in the time of Covid, Jokowi has also allowed for further democratic regression in Indonesia through laws that restrict freedom of speech and through the further empowerment of the military and intelligence agencies in civilian life. This paper ends with an examination of Jokowi’s persistently high popularity rating and the discourse surrounding the rumoured push for a constitutional reform that would allow for a third-term Jokowi presidency.
{"title":"The Pandemic as Political Opportunity: Jokowi’s Indonesia in the Time of Covid-19","authors":"Charlotte Setijadi","doi":"10.1080/00074918.2021.2004342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00074918.2021.2004342","url":null,"abstract":"In mid-2021, the Delta strain of the Covid-19 virus caused a second wave of transmissions and deaths in Indonesia at a scale much greater than what was seen in 2020. In this paper, I examine what the Indonesian government’s handling of the Covid crisis in 2021 reveals about the priorities of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), as well as his political agenda and attitude towards the country’s democracy, as he strives to cement his legacy. I argue that, while devastating, the Covid-19 pandemic has given Jokowi the opportunity to push through long-planned economic and political reforms. Furthermore, I contend that, under the guise of promoting social and political stability in the time of Covid, Jokowi has also allowed for further democratic regression in Indonesia through laws that restrict freedom of speech and through the further empowerment of the military and intelligence agencies in civilian life. This paper ends with an examination of Jokowi’s persistently high popularity rating and the discourse surrounding the rumoured push for a constitutional reform that would allow for a third-term Jokowi presidency.","PeriodicalId":46063,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies","volume":"57 1","pages":"297 - 320"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2021-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43522974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-19DOI: 10.1080/00074918.2021.1970110
Arifin Rosid, Romadhaniah Romadhaniah
There are various studies on the relationship between law enforcement and tax compliance; however, a study that empirically examines the relationship between law enforcement and tax compliance within an actual tax administration’s strategy map is lacking in the literature. We examine an identified knowledge gap about whether, and precisely how effectively, law enforcement may impact tax compliance in Indonesia. Investigating administrative data from all 352 tax offices across Indonesia, we reveal two principal findings. First, that law enforcement appears to have a discernible impact on tax compliance. Second, that while audit coverage ratio has played a vital role in improving tax compliance, criminal investigation appears to be an influential factor in determining the effectiveness of law enforcement. We conclude that law enforcement is an important aspect of tax administration, and that better law enforcement would help the Indonesian tax authority improve tax compliance and raise revenue.
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Pub Date : 2021-08-19DOI: 10.1080/00074918.2021.1970109
T. Dartanto, C. Can, F. Moeis, Jahen F. Rezki
Using the Indonesian Family Life Survey we measure intergenerational expenditure mobility by applying logistic and unconditional quintile regressions (UQR) to explore how intergenerational persistence (IGP) varies across the distribution of children’s expenditure. We find high absolute mobility and relative mobility among the bottom 40 percentiles, reflecting children’s success at climbing above their parents on the economic ladder. Around 9.29% of parents in the lowest quintile were able to have their children rise to the highest quintile, while only 35% of parents in the highest quintile were able to keep their children in this position. UQR estimations show a U-shaped relationship between parents’ and children’s expenditure ranks, with intergenerational expenditure elasticity ranging from 0.08 to 0.252. IGP is highest in the middle-class group. The strongest determinants of mobility are children’s years of schooling, children’s age, the gender of the household head and children’s asset ownership.
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Pub Date : 2021-05-27DOI: 10.1080/00074918.2021.1932744
Stein Kristiansen, Arief Budiman, S. Pudyatmoko
This article addresses the challenge of combining ecosystem protection with economic development. The setting is societies living near a national park in a poor and peripheral part of Indonesia. Data from our household survey are used to answer the following questions: Do local communities find secure and sustainable livelihoods in areas surrounding the park? To what extent do communities close to the park contribute to ecosystem protection? We use cluster analysis to group households based on a mapping of livelihood means and outcomes. In-depth interviews complement the statistical data. The study reveals prevailing and widespread poverty combined with non-sustainable livelihoods. It shows that people’s traditional lives may pose a risk, rather than the solution, to ecosystem protection, and that sustained biodiversity and pristine forests may not be consistent with maintaining an economic resource base for an increasing population. Further, that ecosystem degradation does not necessarily evoke traditional social mechanisms for nature protection.
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Pub Date : 2021-05-04DOI: 10.1080/00074918.2021.1956409
A. Booth
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Pub Date : 2021-05-04DOI: 10.1080/00074918.2021.1956407
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Pub Date : 2021-05-04DOI: 10.1080/00074918.2021.1956397
Reza Y. Siregar, A. Gunawan, Adhi N. Saputro
Indonesia’s economic contraction eased and its Covid-19 handling improved in the first quarter of 2021, with at least 13% of the targeted population receiving their first vaccination by the third week of June. The economic improvement was driven by external sectors, but the pace of the recovery differed considerably across sectors. This Survey looks at the balance sheets of corporations and the banking sector in the midst of the pandemic. We find that the worsening of corporate balance sheets may require government intervention to prevent liquidity problems from turning into solvency problems. While the banks’ capital position remains adequate, the deterioration of loan quality, reflecting real sector conditions, is worse than it appears. Recent stress testing of the banking sector confirms the potential vulnerabilities in the sector. We end the article by highlighting policies the government could consider to position Indonesia for a post-pandemic future, particularly over the next two years.
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