Rural Investment Climate in Indonesia / Edited by Neil McCulloch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCulloch, Neil, 1964- editor.

Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, issuing body.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural industries--Indonesia.

Rural industries.

Investments--Indonesia.

Investments.

Indonesia--Rural conditions.

Indonesia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 337 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the constraints facing the development of rural non-farm enterprises in Indonesia. Recent years have seen a substantial effort by the Indonesian government to improve the investment climate. To date, much of this effort has focused on the constraints faced by businesses at the national level. However, if Indonesia is to be successful in creating jobs and reducing poverty across the archipelago, this will require improving the investment climate for the 15.7 million micro and small enterprises that employ more than half of all the non-farm workers in the country. This book brings together leading Indonesian and international academics to consider seven key constraints that RNFEs face: labour regulations and practices; infrastructure; competition and marketing; knowledge transfer and technology; access to credit and financial services; local taxation and user charges; and insecurity. In each case the authors draw on the Indonesian Rural Investment Climate Survey, a unique dataset of more than 2,500 RNFEs, to identify the size and nature of the constraints, the way in which they impact upon enterprise growth and the implications for policy. In addition, a key chapter estimates the strength of the linkage between agriculture and non-agricultural activities in rural areas, showing that agricultural revitalization is an essential complement to the development of the non-farm economy. "Understanding the rural investment climate in both slow- and fast-growing economies has taken on new urgency in the wake of the world food crisis. The rural non-farm economy often provides half or more of the income of farm families and is especially important for food-deficit rural households hard-hit by rising food prices. The Indonesian Rural Investment Climate Assessment is the "gold standard" for how to achieve this understanding. It is a delight to see it published and available to a wide audience." - C. Peter Timmer, Visiting Professor, Program on Food Security and Environment, Stanford University; Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development

Contents:

Agricultural demand linkages and growth multipliers in rural Indonesia / Asep Suryahadi ... [et al.]

Trends and contrainsts associated with labour faced by non-farm enterprises / Armida S. Alisjahbana and Chris Manning

The constraints in accessing credit faced by rural non-farm enterprises / Andi Ikhwan and Don Edwin Johnston

The constraints associated with infrastructure faced by non-farm level enterprises at the kabupaten level / John Gibson

Technology/knowledge transfer and diffusion in Indonesian non-farm enterprises / Tulus Tambunan and Thee Kian Wie

Marketing and competition in the new Indonesia / Hal Hill and Pantjar Simatupang

Local tax effects on the business climate / Blane D. Lewis and Bambang Suharnoko Sjahrir

Leadership and voice in local governance / Christian von Luebke

Insecurity and business development in rural Indonesia / Jonathan Haughton and John M. MacDougall.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789814459075

9814459070

9789812308542

9812308547

OCLC:

646981289