Foreign Direct Investment, Agglomeration, and Production Networks in Indonesian Manufacturing

Dionisius Narjoko

No DP-2023-01, Working Papers from Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

Abstract: This study examines the importance of globalisation - defined by international production networks - in determining foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into Indonesian manufacturing since 2000. It is motivated by the fact that the extent of connection between the Indonesian and the global economy had increased after the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis. Models of FDI are estimated by utilising plant-level data and various trade and tariff data. Production networks or agglomeration are found to play an important role in driving FDI in Indonesia's manufacturing sector, at least for the period 2000-2015. This study provides the insight that agglomeration could be utilised to increase FDI in Indonesia. This not only improves the productivity of the sector targeted by the investment but also promotes productivity growth. Creating more agglomeration areas could therefore be a policy direction taken by Indonesia to help increase FDI.

Keywords: Indonesia; foreign direct investment; production networks; agglomeration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 F21 O14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-05-04
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