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

Tobias Axelsson () and Andrés Palacio ()
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Tobias Axelsson: Department of Economic History, Lund University, Postal: Department of Economic History, Lund University, Box 7083, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden
Andrés Palacio: Department of Economic History, Lund University, Postal: Department of Economic History, Lund University, Box 7083, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden

No 164, Lund Papers in Economic History from Lund University, Department of Economic History

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: agriculture; regional structural change; growth; stagnation; shrinking; Indonesia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O47 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2017-10-11
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