Bibliograph

The Indonesian Crisis, A Human Development Perspective, Edited by Aris Ananta

Type

Label

The Indonesian Crisis, A Human Development Perspective, Edited by Aris Ananta

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Indonesian Crisis

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

647164140

Responsibility statement

Edited by Aris Ananta

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

A Human Development Perspective

Summary

The book focuses on the impact of the 1997-99 economic crisis on human development in Indonesia, especially in 1998, its worst year. Based on the definition used by the UNDP, human development is analysed as covering human capital (education and health) and purchasing power. In this book, the concept of human capital is broadened to include freedom from fear, health, education, and migration. The first part of the book discusses the economic situation in Indonesia. The second elaborates on what happened to human capital during the crisis and the third part examines its effects on purchasing power. Because human development does not occur in a vacuum, the fourth part discusses some emerging issues in Indonesia. The book concludes with some thoughts on people-centred development, which may contribute to more sustainable development than the development concept that simply pursues high economic growth. With this people-centred development, growth rates of about 3 to 4 per cent are adequate, as long as Indonesia achieves success in human development.--, Provided by publisher

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