The Indonesian Crisis: A Human Development Perspective
Aris Ananta
Dec 2002 · BOOK MONOGRAPH Book 232 · Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
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The book focuses on the impact of the 1997-99 economic crisis on human development in Indonesia, especially in 1998, its worst year. Based on the definition used by the UNDP, human development is analysed as covering human capital (education and health) and purchasing power. In this book, the concept of human capital is broadened to include freedom from fear, health, education, and migration. The first part of the book discusses the economic situation in Indonesia. The second elaborates on what happened to human capital during the crisis and the third part examines its effects on purchasing power. Because human development does not occur in a vacuum, the fourth part discusses some emerging issues in Indonesia. The book concludes with some thoughts on people-centred development, which may contribute to more sustainable development than the development concept that simply pursues high economic growth. With this people-centred development, growth rates of about 3 to 4 per cent are adequate, as long as Indonesia achieves success in human development.
About the author
Aris Ananta is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. He is an economist-demographer with an interest in interdisciplinary approaches. His current research focuses on human development in Indonesia and on population mobility in Southeast Asia.
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