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[ISG] Anti-sinicism and support for foreign investment in Indonesia
Posted on February 26, 2018 | CommentOn 21 February ISG, Diego Fossati tries to address the extent of anti-Chinese in the Indonesian mass public and its variation across various population segments. Although the scholarly literature on the subject is massive, there’s no accurate data to measure the phenomenon. By leveraging on a national survey commissioned by […] -
[ISG] Migrants, citizens and the new transnationalism among Indonesians in Timor Leste
Posted on February 12, 2018 | CommentSince 1999 referendum, bilateral relationship between Indonesia and Timor Leste is good from the get-go and improve over time. Recently, when President Jokowi visits Timor Leste, he pledged to enhance close relationship between Indonesia and Timor Leste, and he wished to reaffirm commitment to be the main partner in the […] -
[ISG] The 2016 Islamist mobilisation and its impact on intolerance among Indonesian Muslims: new survey findings
Posted on December 11, 2017 | CommentIn a seminar earlier this year, the authors analysed survey data collected by Lembaga Survei Indonesia (LSI) before 2016 Islamist mobilisation to show that the mobilisation was not caused by a massive increase in conservative attitudes among Muslims, as many observers had suggested. “In order to assess whether there […] -
[ISG] Presentations from the recipients of Research Travel Grant
Posted on November 27, 2017 | CommentThe Indonesia Study Group on 22 November was one dedicated for the Research Travel Grants (RTG) program. The RTG aims to assist Australians students who plan to undertake research for which they will benefit from travel to Indonesia. Each year, recipients of the Research Travel Grants are invited to present […] -
[ISG] Indonesia Shifting Information Society
Posted on October 23, 2017 | CommentThe idea of weaponisation of internet and social media has been pushed by both scholars and politicians recently. Ross Tapsell, on 18 October ISG, reflects on how the internet and social media has become the “bad” guy in a very short time. The notion is currently widely popular not only […] -
[ISG] Fixing Indonesia’s Infrastructure
Posted on August 28, 2017 | CommentNicholas Morris, an ISG speaker on 23 August, open the discussion regarding Indonesia’s infrastructure by pointing out many problem Indonesia struggles with, ranging from poor quality roads which cause slow travel speed, slow modernization and development of rail sector and lack of other public transport, poor performance in the port […] -
[ISG] Social health insurance in Indonesia: are we on the right track?
Posted on August 21, 2017 | CommentHealth insurance system is essential because it influences the behaviour of patients, hospitals and people in general when they are accessing the health insurance. Unfortunately, since the first conception of the newest form of the system in 2014, otherwise known as BPJS Kesehatan, it has been facing a deficit, in […] -
[ISG] Do business-group affiliations affect firms’ performance in Indonesia?
Posted on August 14, 2017 | CommentUsing a panel data of Indonesian manufacturing industry in 1996 and 2006, Akhmad Rizal Shidiq finds that being a member of a business group positively affected firm’s performance. The positive effect is channeled through “better access to the markets, rather than by having a differential effect on production activities,” Rizal […] -
[ISG] On the rice fracas in Indonesia
Posted on August 7, 2017 | CommentArianto Patunru (ANU Indonesia Project) argues that neither quantity restriction nor price setting on the rice benefits the poor in the ISG, Wednesday 2 August. Then he argues that one alternative would be focusing on the production of the rice, though it would be costly due to the smaller productivity […]