Based 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.
Autorentext
Jan Luiten van Zanden is Professor of Global Economic History at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He has published widely about processes of long-term economic development in Europe and Asia.
Daan Marks obtained his PhD in economics at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He is currently working as a senior economist at the Dutch Ministry of Finance.
Inhalt
1. Introduction: Indonesia between Drama and Miracle 2. Exploring the Proximate and Ultimate Causes of Two Hundred Years of eEonomic Growth in Indonesia, 1800-2000 3. Colonial State Formation, 1800-1830 4. The Cultivation System, 1830-1870 5. Liberalism and Ethical Policies, 1870-1914 6. The Constraints of a Colonial Economy, 1914-1942 7. The Lost Decades? From Colony to Nation-State, 1942-1967 8. Success and Failure of the 'New Order', 1967-1998 9. Crisis, Recovery and the Evolution of Living Standards since Independence