According to the author, although quickening growth in 1983 and 1984 had suggested a rapid recovery from the recession of the previous year, the Indonesian economy has now clearly run out of steam. The further decline in oil export revenues - the main reason for the sudden collapse of economic...

In a nation pledged to “Unity in Diversity”, few industries could be more important than interisland shipping. Yet, since independence, problems plaguing interisland shipping have continued, despite the rehabilitation and modernization under the New Order Government. This book tries to...

Japan's economic expansion into Southeast Asia which began during World War I laid the foundations for the contemporary regional order. Based mainly upon Dutch sources, the article reviews the interwar expansion of Japanese trade's shipping and investment in Indonesia, examines its corporate...

The restoration of democracy since 1998 has been accompanied by a revival of economic nationalism in Indonesia. This can be seen clearly in the field of shipping and ports. In the 1980s the government deregulated the highly protected and inefficient shipping industry to facilitate a non-oil...

The aim of this book is to provide an economic analysis of the performance of and policy towards the vital interisland shipping industry since Indonesia's independence. It examines the nature of the business firm in Indonesia and the formulation and implementation of government policy, and...