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This book contains a collection of selected papers presented at the annual meeting of IRSA, entitled ‘The Second IRSA International Institute’, held at Bogor Agricultural University, 21-23 July 2009. This meeting with the theme ‘The Political Economics of Regional Development’ was attended by no fewer than 200 participants from 12 countries. As one can read in the papers of this book, the problem of regional development in Indonesia is very diverse. Each region has its particular potential and problems of their regions. In this way, the advantages of these areas can then be taken in synergy with one another. Eventually, the ultimate goal of regional development is the creation of integrated domestic economic strength.
Bernadette Robiani, Budy P. Resosudarmo, Armida S. Alisjahbana and Aslamia Rosa (eds), 2009, Regional Development, Energy and the Environment in Indonesia. Indonesian Regional Science Association
This book contains 9 papers selected among papers presented at the 8th Indonesia Regional Science Association (IRSA) International Conference entitled :"Empowering Regional Economic Development Toward Sustainable Poverty Alleviation". There were 80 papers presented ini the conference, and 30 of them were submitted to be included in the book. In selecting the papers, special attention was given to papers written by those who recently graduated from a master of PhD program. The conference was held on August 18-19, 2006, at Brawijaya Unversity, Malang, East Java. It was conducted by the IRSA, the faculty of economics, Brawijaya University, and the East Java Development Planning Agency. THe conference would not have been possible without generous financial support from the East Java Development Planning Agency and the Research Center for Economic Policy (PPKE), Faculty of Economics-Brawijaya Unversity, or the active participation of those attending the conference.
Natural Disaster's Impact and Challenges for Recovery: Economics on Aids, Governance, Infrastructure
This edited volume comprises selected papers from the The 7th IRSA International Conference, held at University of Indonesia, 03 – 04 August 2005. The title of this book reflects the major theme of the meeting. Indeed, the theme is timely. Following the devastating December 2004 tsunami in Aceh, the steering committee of the IRSA conference decided to take the natural disaster as the main theme of the 2005 meeting. The major earthquake in March 2005 in Nias reconfirmed the decision. But still, the committee would also call for wider regional science topics. Hence is the sub-theme of the meeting. The natural disaster strikes not only the affected people of Aceh and Nias, but also regional scientists. Very few ever thought previously about the impact and redevelopment issues of the unexpected events. This is partly reflected in the relatively small number of papers submitted to the conference. However, we are grateful to those who response to the call for papers of this conference, and some of the papers are included in this volume.
Sugiyanto, Catur and Mudrajad Kuncoro (eds), 2005, Regional Development in Transition: Governance, Public Services, and Eco-Tourism. Jogjakarta, Indonesian Regional Science Association.
This book is the result of the 5th Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA) International Conference held on 18-19 July, 2003 at the Savoy Homann Bidakara Hotel, Bandung, Indonesia. The conference theme was “Regional Development in a Decentralized Era: Public Services, Poverty and the Environment”. This book focuses on several sub-themes of the growth, equity and environment aspect of regional development namely on institutions and governance, the financing of regional development, poverty and income inequality, and sustainable development. The book is based on selected papers presented at the IRSA 5th International Conference which meets the theme of this volume, and which has not been published elsewhere.
This book comprises sis papers presented at the 4th Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA) International Conference in Bali, June 20-21, 2002. The topic of the conference was “Decentralization, Natural Resources and Regional Development in the Pacific Rim’. Implementation of decentralization and natural resource management policies varies widely across countries in the Pacific Rim. Styles of government range from fully centralized to fully decentralized, with many variations in between. In managing natural resources, there are countries where they are managed solely by the government, those where the private sector or communities surrounding the resources manage them, as well as countries in which they are managed jointly by government, the private sector and the community.
This book, entitled: “Indonesia’s Sustainable Development in a Decentralization Era, “ contains thirteen papers presented at the 3rd Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA) International Conference in Jakarta, March 20-21, 2001. Indonesia has moved from a centralized to a decentralized form of government. Many institutional adjustments are needed to be able to perform well in this new era and problems have emerged that require a proper solution. It seems that in 2001, Indonesia was entering a process of economic recovery from the 1997 economic crisis. In 2000, the real GDP growth reached approximately 4 percent, compared to approximately -13.7% in 1998. Inflation had been kept low and the exchange rate had been relatively stable in the range of Rp 8,000 to Rp 9,000 per one USD. Of major concern was whether or not Indonesia was entering a recovery process that would lead to sustainable development. This book therefore aimed to stimulate researchers and policy makers to investigate theoretical as well as practical approaches developed in the fields of economics and regional science to formulate policies to promote such development.