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Monday, 1 July 2026. The 3rd Hendra Esmara Lecture on regional development. Seventy years of the Kuznets Curve: is education a facilitator of structural transformation or a driver of inequality?
The Hendra Esmara Lecture on Regional Development is convened by the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Andalathe Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA) in honour of the late Professor Hendra Esmara for his pioneering work in the field of regional analysis in Indonesia. The [...]
Past seminars – links to videos and slides
[FKP hosted by Lembaga Demografi FEB UI] Social Programs and Social Justice in Indonesia: Citizens’ Evaluation of the Quality of Social Programs
Photo courtesy: Lembaga Demografi FEB UI Indonesia has a number of social programs that aim to give protection to the people. However, there have not been any official audits or evaluation of these programs that actively involve the public. In regard to this issue, Bagus Takwin (Faculty of Psychology, Universitas [...]
[FKP hosted by Lembaga Demografi FEB UI] Regional Mobility and Regional Development in Indonesia
Photo courtesy: Lembaga Demografi FEB UI Indonesia’s labor force has become increasingly mobile, both in terms of geography as well as industry. To discuss the implications of these movements on productivity and economic development, I Dewa Gede Karma Wisana, Rachmat Reksa Samudra, and Lourentius Dimas Setyonugroho of Lembaga Demografi FEB [...]
[FKP hosted by Lembaga Demografi FEB UI] Determinants of Contraceptive Discontinuation in Indonesia
Photo courtesy: Lembaga Demografi FEB UI Indonesia’s fertility rate has declined smoothly during most of the New Order up to the early Reformation era (1971-2000). However, the data shows that there has been a stagnation in the fertility rate since 2000 and an increase in contraceptive discontinuation rate since around [...]
[Indonesia Update Book Launch] 2019 Contentious Belonging: the Place of Minorities in Indonesia
The status of minority groups in Indonesia has fluctuated over time. In recent years, Indonesia’s “unity in diversity” motto has been a subject of scrutiny, especially regarding the state and community’s attitude towards religious, ethnic, and sexual minorities. The complexities of this topic are explored in the 2019 Indonesia Update [...]
[FKP hosted by ANU Indonesia Project] Double minority candidates and Muslim voting behaviour: evidence from Indonesia
The imprisonment of Jakarta’s former governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (BTP), who is a Christian and is of Chinese descent, raised a question of how Muslims in a Muslim-majority society, such as Indonesia, respond to a double minority (i.e. ethnic and religious minority) political candidate. In an attempt to understand this [...]
[FKP hosted by Ministry of Trade] The Future of Batam
Batam’s strategic location has made it a city with one of the highest growths in Indonesia. However, the city has faced rapid economic slowdowns in recent years. On Thursday, 27 June 2019 the Trade Policy Analysis and Development Agency, Ministry of Trade, hosted an FKP seminar discussing the future of [...]
[Forum Kajian Pembangunan hosted by by Bank Indonesia Institute] Advancing the frontiers of monetary policy and its application in Indonesia
On Monday, 17 June 2019 Bank Indonesia Institute hosted the first FKP event of the month. Sharing his 25 years of experience working with central banks, Douglas Laxton (NOVA School of Business and Economics Portugal and former IMF economist) discussed the many dimensions of inflation targeting and its application in [...]
[FKP hosted by LPEM FEB UI] Understanding Barriers to Access Training among Poor and Vulnerable Youths
Indonesia’s upcoming demographic dividend, which refers to the change in the age structure of a country's population that is characterized by the bigger share of the working-age population than that of the non-working age counterparts, opens the window of opportunity to increase the nation’s per capita income and savings, which [...]
[FKP hosted by LPEM FEB UI] Internal Migration-Induced Drop-out and Child Employment in Indonesia
The migration of a household member and its impacts on left-behind children has been a common topic in many previous studies. However, most of them did not utilize longitudinal datasets in their analysis. As a response to this issue, Muhammad Hanri (LPEM FEB UI) used panel data to conduct a [...]
[FKP hosted by LPEM FEB UI] Risks, Resilience, and Reforms: Indonesia’s Financial System in 2019
Despite many hurdles and challenges such as the financial crises in the late 90s and 2007-2008 and the taper tantrum in 2013, Indonesian economy has constantly managed to prevail. However, significant risks still remain. On Thursday, 16 May 2019, Febrio Kacaribu (LPEM FEB UI) presented his paper assessing Indonesia’s current [...]
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