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Employment, Living Standards and Poverty in Contemporary Indonesia /

Understanding the nexus between employment, living standards and poverty is a major challenge in Indonesia. Trends in poverty are heavily dependent on labour market opportunities and social spending in education and health. The question is how to create opportunities and spend money wisely - a subje...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Corporativos: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Indonesia Update Conference
Otros Autores: Sumarto, Sudarno, 1960-, Manning, Chris
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Understanding the nexus between employment, living standards and poverty is a major challenge in Indonesia. Trends in poverty are heavily dependent on labour market opportunities and social spending in education and health. The question is how to create opportunities and spend money wisely - a subject of intense debate in Indonesia. The government has brought a renewed focus to poverty reduction since the end of the Asian financial crisis, especially under the current president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. This book shows how Indonesia is travelling with regard to employment, social policy and p.
Notas:"Based on papers given at the Indonesia Update conference, held at the Australian National University (ANU) on 24-25 September 2010"--Page xv.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (364 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9789814345132