Prof. Armida Alisjahbana is a Professor of economics at the Department of Economics, Padjadjaran University. She has been a researcher at CEDS since 1991. Prof. Alisjahbana earned her bachelor degree in economics and development studies from Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia (1985), a Masters degree in economics from Northwestern University, USA (1987), and a Ph.D in economics from University of Washington, USA (1994). Prof. Alisjahbana’s research interest is in the area of environmental and resource economics, labor economics, decentralization and her recent research topic is on the Labor market issues of non-farm enterprises. Prof. Alisjahbana is a former Director of CEDS and is currently the State Minister of National Development Planning/head of BAPPENAS and President of Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA).

Recent publications:

1. 1. 1. Alisjahbana, A., & Pitriyan, P. (2016). Lessons from Effective Poverty Alleviation in Indonesia: the Role of Women Empowerment and Community Participation (No. 201601). Department of Economics, Padjadjaran University
      2. Pirmana, V., Alisjahbana, A., & Rum, I. A. (2015). Boosting National Infrastructure Investment in West Java: An Analysis Using TERM CGE Model (No. 201507). Department of Economics, Padjadjaran University.
      3. Alisjahbana, A., & Pirmana, V. (2015). Assessing Indonesia’s Long Run Growth: The Role of Total Factor Productivity and Human Capital (No. 201503). Department of Economics, Padjadjaran University.
      4. Pradhan, M., Suryadarma, D., Beatty, A., Wong, M., Gaduh, A., Alisjahbana, A., & Artha, R. P. (2014). Improving educational quality through enhancing community participation: Results from a randomized field experiment in Indonesia. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 105-126.
      5. Alisjahbana, A. S., & Yusuf, A. A. (2004). Assessing Indonesia’s sustainable development: long-run trend, impact of the crisis, and adjustment during the recovery period. ASEAN Economic Bulletin, 290-307.

E-mail: armida.alisjahbana@unpad.ac.id