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Indonesia: Growth performance and policy challenges

23-Sep-2008

Indonesia’s growth performance is improving, following a slow recovery from the 1997-98 financial crisis. Investment is picking up, despite considerable business climate obstacles to entrepreneurship. This paper argues that the main barriers to raising the economy’s growth potential are to be found on the supply side of the economy.

Improving the business and investment climate in Indonesia

23-Sep-2008

Indonesia’s business environment is discouraging entrepreneurship and holding back private sector growth and development. Weaknesses in the regulatory framework, infrastructure bottlenecks and poor governance continue to weigh down on investment. Policies have been put in place to address these problems, but much remains to be done.

Improving human capital formation in India

05-Aug-2008

The provision of high-quality education and health care to all of the population is considered a core element of public policy in most countries. In India, the government is active in both education and health but the private sector also plays an important role, notably for heath, and to a lesser extent in education.

Labour Regulation and Employment Dynamics at the State Level in India

05-Aug-2008

Over the past decade, labour market outcomes have improved in India, with net employment rising markedly for the economy as a whole. This paper looks at the impact of employment protection legislation and related regulation on the dynamics of employment in the organized sector of the economy, using newly constructed measures of national regulation and state labour reforms.

India’s growth pattern and obstacles to higher growth

06-Aug-2008

India’s growth performance has improved significantly over the past 20 years, but has been uneven across industries and states. While some service industries, notably in the information and communications technology sector, have become highly competitive in world markets – yielding considerable gains for employees and investors – manufacturing industries have lagged and improved their performance only recently.

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