Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies

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The Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (BIES) is a peer-reviewed academic journal produced at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra. It publishes articles and notes about the Indonesian economy. The BIES has been published three times each year since the first issue was produced in 1965.

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The current editors are Blane Lewis (ANU), Arianto Patunru (ANU), Robert Sparrow (Wageningen University and ANU), and Sarah Xue Dong (ANU).

Background

In the mid-1960s Professor H. W. Arndt established the Indonesia Project at the ANU. [1] At the time, political and economic conditions in Indonesia were very difficult and economic data were hard to obtain and of doubtful reliability. [2] It was believed, however, that the establishment of a journal would help underpin the proposed work of the newly formed Indonesia Project in promoting international research on Indonesian economic developments. [3]

The first issue of the BIES was published in June 1965, just a few months before the attempted coup in Jakarta on 30 September 1965 which initiated the series of political changes that led to the establishment of the New Order government under President Soeharto. Arndt's plans to establish a new project and journal did not receive strong support from his colleagues. Emeritus Professor Jamie Mackie later recalled that:

When Heinz launched the Indonesia Project and the BIES in 1964-65, the likelihood that either would succeed appeared bleak in the extreme. He mentions in A Course through Life (1985) that 'almost everyone I consulted advised against the effort.' (I can't remember whether I was one of those; I certainly would have done so if consulted, having kept a close watch on economic developments in Indonesia over the previous eight years.) ... But Heinz went ahead, and by dint of sheer audaciousness, ... perseverance and persuasiveness, he pulled it off. [4]

The journal has been published continuously since then. BIES and the Indonesia Project is now housed within the Arndt–Corden Department of Economics at the Australian National University. [5]

The editorial board of the BIES has always supported an active policy of working in close partnership with Indonesian colleagues. A local copy edition of BIES is published in Indonesia and is distributed by the Jakarta-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies.

Well-known Indonesian scholars and public policy makers who have worked with the project since the mid-1960s include Professor Armida Alisjahbana, Professor Boediono, Dr Hadi Soesastro, Professor Anwar Nasution, Dr Muhamad Chatib Basri, Professor Mari Pangestu, Professor Panglaykim, Professor Mubyarto, Professor Mohamad Sadli, Dr Sri Mulyani Indrawati, and Dr Thee Kian Wie.

Contents

Each issue of the journal contains:

The journal is ranked as a leading journal on Indonesian economics, development and areas studies. The impact factor in 2021 was 3.269.

Main articles

In April 2023, the "most read" article was Susan Olivia, John Gibson & Rus'an Nasrudin, "(Indonesia in the Time of Covid-19". The "most cited" article was Fitria Fitrani, Bert Hofman & Kai Kaiser "Unity in diversity? The creation of new local governments in a decentralising Indonesia "

In April 2020, the "most read" article was Thomas Power (ANU), "Jokowi's Authoritarian Turn and Indonesia's Democratic Decline".

The "most cited" article was Eve Warburton (National University of Singapore), "Jokowi and the New Developmentalism".

The Taylor & Francis Online website provides information on the contents of recent issues.

Editors of the BIES

BIES editors have been: [6]

Financial support

The BIES receives financial support from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Australian Government, the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics at the ANU, and the Australian National University.

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References

  1. ↑ Colin Brown. 2015. Australia's Indonesia Project: 50 Years of Engagement, Canberra, Manuka: Graham publishers, p.26. See also the comments by Emeritus Professor Jamie Mackie about the establishment of the BIES in Peter McCawley and colleagues. 2002. 'Heinz Arndt: An Appreciation', BIES, 38 (2), August, p. 166.
  2. ↑ H.W. Arndt. 1985. A Course though Life, Canberra: The Australian National University, National Centre for Development Studies, pp. 52-56.
  3. ↑ Peter Coleman, Selwyn Cornish and Peter Drake. 2007. Arndt's Story: The Life of an Australian Economist, Canberra: ANU E Press.
  4. ↑ Mackie, in Peter McCawley and colleagues, op. cit, p.166.
  5. ↑ A brief overview of the five decades of activity in producing the journal between 1965 and 2015 is in Pierre van der Eng, 2015, 'Fifty Years of the Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies', BIES, 51 (2), pp. 213-216.
  6. ↑ van der Eng, op.cit..
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