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Archive for July, 2008
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Masters scholarships for Indonesians to study in Australia
Posted on July 30, 2008 | CommentCMU-AusAID Scholarships are offered for a one-year, full-time Masters by coursework degree to study at Carnegie Mellon University Australia. The two courses available to CMU-AusAID students are: • Master of Science in Public Policy and Management • Master of Science in Information Technology (Management Track) Details -
Indonesia to grow at 8%?
Posted on July 28, 2008 | CommentStephen Grenville has an article on the latest OECD report on the Indonesian economy in the Australian Financial Review today (Monday 28 July, p. 23). In his piece, Stephen notes that there has been a welcome lift in the economic growth rate in Indonesia. Annual growth is now slightly over... -
Energy subsidies of Rp 300 trillion?
Posted on July 23, 2008 | CommentEnergy subsidies in Indonesia are threatening to get out of hand. What is very worrying is that Finance Minister Sri Mulyani recently warned that total energy subsidies (which include both fuel and electricity subsidies) might reach Rp 300 trillion (around $US 32.5 billion) next year. This would amount to a... -
New Honour for ANU Indonesianist George Quinn
Posted on July 17, 2008 | 1 CommentOur esteemed colleague Dr George Quinn was awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching at the ANU’s graduation ceremony on 17th July. The Indonesia Project warmly congratulates George for this award, his fine work as teacher of Indonesian and Javanese languages, and his dedication to his students over many... -
ANU Graduation Day, 17 July 2008
Posted on July 17, 2008 | 3 CommentsThe Indonesia Project offers its warm congratulations to Dr Riyana (Mira) Miranti, who has just been awarded her PhD from the ANU. The title of her dissertation was ‘The Determinants of Regional Poverty in Indonesia 1984-2002′. Mira’s principal supervisor was Dr Chris Manning, Head of the Indonesia Project. Mira is... -
Instruments of Monetary Policy
Posted on July 13, 2008 | 1 CommentBank Indonesia has announced that it is considering the use of a change in the required reserve ratio as a possible method of bringing inflation under control. This ratio specifies the amount of deposits commercial banks must hold at the central bank as a proportion of their own customers’ deposits.... -
Peter McCawley: Throwing Light on the Electricity Crisis
Posted on July 13, 2008 | Comment(This Essay contributed by Dr Peter McCawley.) How did it come to this? Blackouts are spreading across Java, and are increasingly common in the Outer Islands as well. But policy-makers in Indonesia have known for at least five years that a power shortage was looming. Why was so little done?... -
Indonesia Beyond The Water’s Edge: Managing an Archipelagic State
Posted on July 11, 2008 | CommentThe 26th annual Indonesia Update conference will be held at The Australian National University on Friday and Saturday, 19–20 September 2008. The theme is Indonesia Beyond The Water’s Edge: Managing an Archipelagic State. For more information on the program, registration, catering, parking and accommodation, please visit our website . Please... -
Visit of Dr Neil McCulloch to ANU
Posted on July 11, 2008 | CommentNeil McCulloch has spent the last five years in Indonesia, working first with the World Bank and then The Asia Foundation. He is an economist specialising in the analysis of poverty in developing countries and the linkages between poverty and both global and local economic reform. He was one of... -
What’s New in the Latest Issue of BIES?
Posted on July 10, 2008 | CommentThe period covered by the ‘Survey of recent developments’ includes the 10th anniversary of Soeharto’s resignation. Ross McLeod reports a somewhat surprising mood of disappointment with the slow progress of reformasi, and of pessimism about the future. This sits oddly with the entrenchment of a reasonably high rate of economic...