Labour-Intensive Industrialisation in Indonesia, 1930-1975: Output Trends and Government Policies

Pierre van der Eng ()

Departmental Working Papers from Australian National University, Economics RSPAS

Abstract: Growth of industrial output for domestic consumption during 1930-75 was significant, but not continuous; growth (1932-41) was followed by decline (1942-46), recovery (1947-57), stagnation (1958-65) and acceleration (1966-75). Protective trade policies triggered growth in the 1930s, when industry policy favoured a balanced development of capital-intensive large and medium-sized ventures and labour-intensive small firms and firms in light industries. The gist of this policy continued during the late-1940s and 1950s, but industry policies increasingly favoured large, capital-intensive stateowned enterprises. By 1960, policies no longer targeted small ventures and labour-intensive industrialisation. After 1966, economic stabilisation and deregulation rekindled the momentum of industrialisation. Although policy interest in the development of small industrial ventures revived in 1975, large-scale labour-intensive industrialisation did start until the mid-1980s.

Keywords: Manufacturing industry; Indonesia; industry policy; technological change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L50 L60 N65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2008
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