As many as 40 academics from all over Indonesia participate in a CGE training organized by CEDS UNPAD. This training is part of the 23rd Pacific Conference of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI)/the 4th Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA)…
CEDS understands the strategic importance of micro finance research for its potentials in poverty reduction in Indonesia. Last year, under the small research grant (SRG) scheme, CEDS funded a research on the application of impact evaluation to study the welfare…
The CEDS-hosted Global Development Network (GDN) Global Workshop, held in Jakarta on 7-9 April marked the completion of the 5 years GDN global research project on “Strengthening Institutions to Improve Public Sector Accoutability”.
Micro finance has been widely recognized to be able to play a greater role in tackling the great challenges in Indonesia’s aspiration toward poverty alleviation and reducing inequality. However, Although Indonesia has been a global leader in microfinance outreach and…
Economic status of one individual in a society is not only a product of the effort or talent of that particular individual alone. Philosopher Professor John Roemer of Yale University in his theory of distributive justice emphasizes that inequality in…
Under the leadership of CEDS and with the support of the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), capacity building program in the application of economic modeling in environmental and natural resource management for Southeast Asian researchers continues.
The East Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (EAAERE) is holding its 3rd congress in Huangshan, Anhui Province, China, on February 20-22, 2013. The congress is hosted by the School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China,…
One of the biggest challenges in Indonesian economic development is to maintain rapid economic growth and at the same time reducing inter-regional economic disparity.
CEDS starts the new year of 2013 by publishing 5 research papers on its series, Working Papers in Economics and Development Studies (WOPEDS). These five research papers analyze various aspect of poverty in Indonesia including various regulation and policies that…
After 12 years since the establishment of the commission for the supervision of business competition (KPPU), a large number of policy recommendations related to specific regulations and policies which impede competition have been issued.
