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SUMMARY: Traditional Social Institutions and Development Outcomes in Easter
n Indonesia
DESCRIPTION: Despite recent macroeconomic growth during the last 14 years\,
Eastern Indonesia is still plagued by persistent income poverty and rising
income inequalities. This presentation argues the root of the problem is e
xtractive traditional social institutions\, using the indigenous hereditary
slavery institution in Sumba and the caste system in Bali as case studies.
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Despite de
cent macroeconomic growth during the last 14 years\, 
Eas
tern Indonesia is still plagued by persistent income poverty and rising inc
ome inequalities. Most analyses have proposed three causes for this lack of
inclusive growth: lack of access to productive employment opportunities\,
unequal access to opportunities due to weak human capital and uneven playi
ng field in term of physical infrastructure and capital ownership\, and ina
dequate provision of social safety nets. Various development programs targ
eted to resolve these issues have had limited success. This presentation a
rgues that the very root of the problem is actually due to the existence of
extractive traditional social institutions. That is\, some Indonesian trad
itional societies organise themselves such that a few select sections of so
ciety receive privileges at the expense of the rest of society. The indigen
ous hereditary slavery institution in Sumba and the caste system in Bali an
d are used as the case studies in this presentation.
Presenter: Budy P. Resosudarmo
is an Ass
ociate Professor at the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics\, Crawford Sch
ool of Public Policy\, the Australian National University (ANU). His resear
ch areas are development economics\, environmental and resource economics a
s well as public policy. He has published papers in scientific journals suc
h as World Development\, Ecological Economics\, Energy Policy\, Oxford Deve
lopment Studies and Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies. He is the pres
ident of the Regional Science Association International and the past presid
ent of the Pacific Regional Science Conference Organization (PRSCO). Resos
udarmo received his PhD degree in development economics from Cornell Univer
sity.
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Eas
tern Indonesia is still plagued by persistent income poverty and rising inc
ome inequalities. Most analyses have proposed three causes for this lack of
inclusive growth: lack of access to productive employment opportunities\,
unequal access to opportunities due to weak human capital and uneven playi
ng field in term of physical infrastructure and capital ownership\, and ina
dequate provision of social safety nets. Various development programs targ
eted to resolve these issues have had limited success. This presentation a
rgues that the very root of the problem is actually due to the existence of
extractive traditional social institutions. That is\, some Indonesian trad
itional societies organise themselves such that a few select sections of so
ciety receive privileges at the expense of the rest of society. The indigen
ous hereditary slavery institution in Sumba and the caste system in Bali an
d are used as the case studies in this presentation.