RSSE | Research Seminar Series in Economics

We use The National Socioeconomic Survey (SUSENAS) data from 1992 to 2012, to describe the condition of education development in Indonesia before and after the Reform Era. Historical data on education of Indonesia shows that this country has made a remarkable achievement in education development, which is indicated by a significant improvement on several education indicators. However, 1997-1998 Asian crisis is believed had slowed down the development of education sector in Indonesia.

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This paper look at the long-run evolution of various labor market indicators in Indonesia over the period of 1992 to 2012 using the National Socioeconomic Survey (SUSENAS) data to describe the development before and after the reform era. Four indicators are used in this study to measure the labor market performance, which are formality rate,working poor rate, not in employment and education rate and child labor rate. 

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Using a long series of household level survey data and more information on regional variation in the poor’s living cost and inflation, we estimated the proportion of people living below 2005 PPP $2 a day. We found that for the period of 1990 to 2012, the $2 poverty incidence has been declining at an average rate of 2.2% per year leaving only 36.5% in 2012. 

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Infrastructure holds a very important and vital role in the economy. Where, infrastructure such as transportation, communication and energy determine how fast the economy can grow.

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Key Monitoring Indicators (KMI) contains many macro economy variables that can only monitored daily, monthly or quarterly.

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Steel industry is one among the top 10 industries to support Indonesian economic growth. From the supply side, the production of the steel industry is still left behind by Malaysian and Thailand. And from the demand side, both countries has a significant improvement during 1998 to 2006.

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BMT existences can not be separated from the activities of micro, small and medium enterprises. Noer Soetrisno, Deputy Ministry Of Cooperations and SMEs, explaining though proved to be economic support Indonesia in times of crisis, the role of BMT in contributing to the economic wheels moving, very real.

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The  creation  of  Regional  Trade  Agreements  (RTAs)  and  Free  Trade  Areas  (FTAs)  shows  a  significant  increasing  trend  since  1990.  This  trend  of  RTAs/FTAs  creation  also  occurs  in  East  Asia  region. 

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Trade sector is an important sector that contribute to the Indonesian economy. In the global context, Indonesia is one of the market that has big potential. It contribution to the GDP is second the largest after transportation and communication sector.

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The economy will not run without energy. Indonesia had made the energy sector as one of the driving source of the economy with an abundance of oil. The early 21st century Indonesia experienced an energy crisis and became a net importer of oil.

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