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Government promotion of labour-intensive industrialization in Indonesia, 1930-1975

Pierre van der Eng*

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Abstract

The 1970s are often credited as the first phase of sustained industrialization in Indonesia. Statistical data and qualitative evidence suggest that the country had not industrialized significantly until then, and that labour-intensive industrialization began only in the 1980s (e.g. Hill 1990a: 86–8; 1996: 23–6, 152–7). A common explanation is that macro-economic instability during the 1950s and the early 1960s prevented industrial growth, while during the colonial era the economy focused on producing primary commodities.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLabour-Intensive Industrialization in Global History
EditorsGareth Austin, Kaoru Sugihara
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter8
Pages176-200
Number of pages25
ISBN (Electronic)978-0-203-06761-1
ISBN (Print)978-0-415-45552-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Publication series

NameRoutledge Explorations in Economic History
PublisherRoutledge
Volume59

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