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The Indonesia Project is a center of research and graduate training on the Indonesian economy at the Australian National University (ANU). It is located in the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, part of the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific in Canberra. It was established in 1965 with an initial grant from the Ford Foundation. [1]

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History

In 1963, when he became head of the Department of Economics in the Research School of Pacific Studies, Professor Heinz W. Arndt decided to devote substantial resources from the new department to the study of the Indonesian economy. He worked to recruit research fellows and doctoral students, built up relationships with numerous Indonesian institutions and international academics and initiated a publication program. These initiatives quickly matured into the Indonesia Project. As part of the activities of the project, the academic journal the Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (BIES) was established in 1965. Several academic staff were recruited to work on the Indonesian economy including Dr. David Penny and Professor J. Panglaykim. Among the young scholars awarded scholarships to work on various aspects of the Indonesian economy shortly after the establishment of the project were Anne Booth, Howard Dick, Stephen Grenville, Hal Hill, Chris Manning, Peter McCawley and Phyllis Rosendale. [2] In 2015, speaking at the 50th-anniversary celebration of the Project in Canberra, the then-Chancellor of the Australian National University, Gareth Evans, spoke of his own long involvement with Indonesia and said that Arndt's original idea of establishing the Indonesia Project was a "wonderfully visionary decision". [3]

Activities

The Indonesia Project has undertaken many activities related to studies of the Indonesian economy since the mid-1960s. These include the following:

During the early years after the Indonesia Project was established, the main activities focused on economic issues in Indonesia. Later, and especially after Professor J.A.C. Mackie [19] became head of the Department of Political and Social Change at the ANU in 1980, the activities of the Indonesia project widened to include issues in other areas such as politics, government, social studies, and a range of other topics. Senior staff of the Department of Political and Social Change such as Professor Ed Aspinall and Associate Professor Greg Fealy, and of the School of Culture, History and Language at the ANU such as Dr Marcus Mietzner and Professor Kathryn Robinson, are now involved with Indonesia Project events.

The Indonesia Project has an active policy of working in close partnership with Indonesian colleagues. Well-known Indonesian scholars and public policy makers who have worked with the project since the mid-1960s include Professor Armida Alisjahbana, Professor Boediono, the late 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.

Management of the Project

Professor Arndt led the Indonesia Project from its inception until 1980. [20] Peter McCawley took over management from 1980 to 1986, followed by Professor Hal Hill from 1986 to 1998, Associate Professor Chris Manning from 1998 to 2011, Professor Budy P. Resosudarmo from 2011 to 2017, and Professor Blane Lewis (2017-2023). Professor Resosudarmo took the helm again as head of the Project in mid 2023. [21] Dr Arianto Patunru is the Project's Policy Engagement Coordinator. [22]

The Project has received strong external funding support from both the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) [23] and AusAID for many years. The staff of the Indonesia Project cooperate closely with DFAT staff in both Canberra and in Jakarta [24]

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References

  1. ↑ Brown, C. 2015. Australia's Indonesia Project - 50 Years of Engagement. Canberra: Bobby Graham Publishers. https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/279749
  2. ↑ McCawley, Peter; colleagues (August 2002). "Heinz Arndt: An Appreciation". Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies . 38 (2): 163–178. doi:10.1080/000749102320145039. S2CID   144931219.
  3. ↑ Gareth Evans. 2015. The ANU Indonesia Project: Fifty Years Young , 30 July, Gareth Evans website, accessed 29 May 2021.
  4. ↑ http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cbie20/current Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (BIES)
  5. ↑ https://indonesia.crawford.anu.edu.au/programs/indonesia-update Indonesia Update
  6. ↑ For a report on the 2001 conference, see Carla Bianpoen, 'Do women provide a different leadership?', The Jakarta Post, 10 October 2001.
  7. ↑ For an article based on the 2014 conference, see Lydia Napitupulu, 'The SBY years: A legacy of lackluster economy', The Jakarta Post, 29 September 2014.
  8. ↑ https://indonesia.crawford.anu.edu.au/programs/study-group Indonesia Study Group
  9. ↑ https://indonesia.crawford.anu.edu.au/programs/forum-kajian-pembangunan Forum Kajian Pembangunan
  10. ↑ For an article based on the FKP, see Ester Lince Napitupulu, 'Educational Innovation in the Regions is Still Few and Not Appropriate to the Regional Context', Kompas, 22 June 2023.
  11. ↑ http://www.fe.ui.ac.id/index.php/lembaga-feui/lpem Lembaga Penyelidikan Ekonomi dan Masyarakat
  12. ↑ http://www.smeru.or.id Social Monitoring and Early Response Unit of the World Bank in Jakarta
  13. ↑ Lisa Cameron, 'Shifting social norms might unlock women’s economic participation in Indonesia', East Asia Forum, 8 August 2023.
  14. ↑ 'Heri Gagarin, ISD Akan Selenggarakan Sadli Lecture and International Services Summit', Berita Satu, 11 Maret 2016.
  15. ↑ 'Mantan Wapres Boediono Apresiasi Jasa Mubyarto', Kagama, 12 Mei 2017.
  16. ↑ 'More severe penalties can discourage acts of corruption', FEB UGM, 7 November 2022.
  17. ↑ "Hadi Soesastro Policy Forum". indonesia.crawford.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  18. ↑ https://www.indonesiaproject.net/ Project Archive
  19. ↑ Thee Kian Wie, 'Prof. Jamie Mackie, a forceful advocate for close Indonesia-Australia relations', The Jakarta Post, 6 May 2011
  20. ↑ For a review of some of the work of the Indonesia Project during the period of Arndt's leadership, see Thee Kian Wie, 'In Memoriam: Prof. Arndt, a great friend to Indonesia', The Jakarta Post, 18 May 2002.
  21. ↑ ''Professor and Head of ANU Indonesia Project, Budy P Resosudarmo'
  22. ↑ Indonesia Project Annual Reports (1980), (1985), (1998), (2012). Canberra: Indonesia Project.
  23. ↑ http://www.dfat.gov.au/ DFAT
  24. ↑ "Australian Embassy in".
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