Employment, Living Standards and Poverty in Contemporary Indonesia / / ed. by Chris Manning, Sudarno Sumarto.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Alatas, Vivi,; Aswicahyono, Haryo,; Cameron, Lisa,; Effendi, Tadjuddin Noer,; Hannigan, Lisa,; Harahap, Nida P.,; Hayes, Adrian C.,; Hill, Hal,; Kong, Sherry Tao,; Manning, Chris,; Marbun, Deswanto,; Maxwell, John,; Miranti, Riyana,; Narjoko, Dionisius,; Olivia, Susan,; Perdana, Ari,; Permani, Risti,; Pritchett, Lant,; Purnamasari, Ririn,; Raya, Umbu Reku,; Sparrow, Robert,; Sumadi, Pungky,; Sumarto, Sudarno,; Suryadarma, Daniel,; Suryahadi, Asep,; Wai-Po, Matthew,; Warr, Peter,; Yulaswati, Vivi,; Yumna, Athia,
• HerausgeberIn: Manning, Chris,; Sumarto, Sudarno,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)

Understanding the nexus between employment, living standards and poverty is a major challenge in Indonesia. Trends in poverty are heavily dependent on labour market opportunities and social spending in education and health. The question is how to create opportunities and spend money wisely - a subject of intense debate in Indonesia. The government has brought a renewed focus to poverty reduction since the end of the Asian financial crisis, especially under the current president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. This book shows how Indonesia is travelling with regard to employment, social policy and poverty. It identifies promising new directions for strategies to alleviate poverty, some of which are already showing results.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- 1 Employment, Living Standards and Poverty: Trends, Policies and Interactions -- Part 1. Economic Transformation and Trends in Poverty: National and International Experience -- 2 How Good Are Good Transitions for Growth and Poverty? Indonesia since Suharto, for Instance ? -- 3 Poverty, Food Prices and Economic Growth in Southeast Asian Perspective -- 4 Accelerating Poverty and Vulnerability Reduction: Trends, Opportunities and Constraints -- 5 Regional Patterns of Poverty: Why Do Some Provinces Perform Better than Others? -- Part 2. Employment and Migration -- 6 Indonesian Industrialisation: Jobless Growth? -- 7 Occupational Choice and Mobility among Migrants to Four Cities -- Part 3. Education and Health -- 8 The Quality of Education: International Standing and Attempts at Improvement -- 9 Educational Challenges with Special Reference to Islamic Schooling -- 10 What Is Ailing the Health System? Governance, National Policy and the Poor -- 11 Social Health Insurance: Towards Universal Coverage for the Poor? -- 12 Sanitation and Health: The Past, the Future and Working Out What Works -- Part 4. Connecting with the Poor: Government Policies and Programs -- 13 The Evolution of Poverty Alleviation Policies: Ideas, Issues and Actors -- 14 Reducing Poverty by Increasing Community and Female Participation -- 15 Targeting of the Poor and Vulnerable -- 16 Social Assistance: Understanding the Gaps -- Index