Economic History of Indonesia

Name: Economic History of Indonesia
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

An Economic History of Indonesia1800-2010\nAuthor(s): Jan Luiten van Zanden, Daan Marks\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138844681, 978-1138844681\nSynopsis\nBased on new datasets, this book presents an economic history of Indonesia. It analyses the causes of stagnation of growth during the colonial and independence period, making use of new theoretical insights from institutional economics and new growth theory.\n\nThe book looks at the major themes of Indonesian history: colonial exploitation and the successes and limitations of the post 1900 welfare policies, the price of instability after 1945, and the economic miracle after 1967. The book not only discusses economic change and development or the lack thereof but also the institutional and socio-political structures that were behind these changes. It also presents a lot of new data on the changing welfare of the Indonesian population, on income distributio.