Economic growth and poverty reduction in Indonesia before and after the asian financial crisis

Asep Suryahadi, Gracia Hadiwidjaja and Sudarno Sumarto ()

Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2012, vol. 48, issue 2, 209-227

Abstract: This paper assesses the relationship between poverty reduction and economic growth in Indonesia before and after the Asian financial crisis. The annual rate of poverty reduction slowed significantly in the post-crisis period. However, the trend in the growth elasticity of poverty indicates that the power of each percentage point of economic growth to reduce poverty did not change much between the two periods. In both, service sector growth made the largest contribution to poverty reduction in both rural and urban areas. Industrial sector growth largely became irrelevant for poverty reduction in the post-crisis period even though the sector contributed the second-largest share of GDP. Agricultural sector growth, mean-while, remained important, but in rural areas only. The findings suggest the need to formulate an effective strategy to promote sectoral growth in order to speed up the pace of poverty reduction.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/00074918.2012.694155

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