Rural Investment Climate in Indonesia / / ed. by Neil McCulloch.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Alisjahbana, Armida S.,; Gibson, John,; Haughton, Jonathan,; Hill, Hal,; Ikhwan, Andi,; Johnston, Don Edwin,; Lewis, Blane D.,; Luebke, Christian von,; MacDougall, John M.,; Manning, Chris,; McCulloch, Neil,; Molyneaux, Jack,; Simatupang, Pantjar,; Sjahrir, Bambang Suharnoko,; Sumarto, Sudarno,; Suryadarma, Daniel,; Suryahadi, Asep,; Tambunan, Tulus,; Wie, Thee Kian,
• HerausgeberIn: McCulloch, Neil,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (364 p.)

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the constraints facing the development of rural non-farm enterprises in Indonesia. Recent years have seen a substantial effort by the Indonesian government to improve the investment climate. To date, much of this effort has focused on the constraints faced by businesses at the national level. However, if Indonesia is to be successful in creating jobs and reducing poverty across the archipelago, this will require improving the investment climate for the 15.7 million micro and small enterprises that employ more than half of all the non-farm workers in the country. This book brings together leading Indonesian and international academics to consider seven key constraints that RNFEs face: labour regulations and practices; infrastructure; competition and marketing; knowledge transfer and technology; access to credit and financial services; local taxation and user charges; and insecurity. In each case the authors draw on the Indonesian Rural Investment Climate Survey, a unique dataset of more than 2,500 RNFEs, to identify the size and nature of the constraints, the way in which they impact upon enterprise growth and the implications for policy. In addition, a key chapter estimates the strength of the linkage between agriculture and non-agricultural activities in rural areas, showing that agricultural revitalization is an essential complement to the development of the non-farm economy. "Understanding the rural investment climate in both slow- and fast-growing economies has taken on new urgency in the wake of the world food crisis. The rural non-farm economy often provides half or more of the income of farm families and is especially important for food-deficit rural households hard-hit by rising food prices. The Indonesian Rural Investment Climate Assessment is the "gold standard" for how to achieve this understanding. It is a delight to see it published and available to a wide audience." - C. Peter Timmer, Visiting Professor, Program on Food Security and Environment, Stanford University; Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- The Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Agricultural Demand Linkages and Growth Multipliers in Rural Indonesia -- 3. Trends and Constraints Associated with Labour Faced by Non-Farm Enterprises -- 4. The Constraints in Accessing Credit Faced by Rural Non-Farm Enterprises -- 5. The Constraints Associated with Infrastructure Faced by Non-Farm Enterprises at the Kabupaten Level -- 6. Technology/Knowledge Transfer and Diffusion in Indonesian Non-Farm Enterprises -- 7. Marketing and Competition in the New Indonesia -- 8. Local Tax Effects on the Business Climate -- 9. Leadership and Voice in Local Governance -- 10. Insecurity and Business Development in Rural Indonesia -- Index