1st Edition

COVID-19 in Indonesia Impacts on the Economy and Ways to Recovery

Edited By Lili Yan Ing, M. Chatib Basri Copyright 2022
    270 Pages 87 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    270 Pages 87 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    This book assesses the impacts of COVID-19 on the Indonesian economy, particularly on employment, education, poverty, trade, and macroeconomy.

    The chapters explain how fiscal and monetary stimulus work and the roles of local governments in managing stimulus. It also presents paths to recovery and lessons learned from countries that have found success in mitigating the economic impacts of the pandemic (China, Germany, Singapore, and Vietnam).

    This text will be a useful reference for policy makers, scholars, students, and public audience working or interested in the fields of development economics, trade, health economics, economics, and East Asia.

    The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

    1.Introduction, Lili Yan Ing, M. Chatib Basri and David Christian 2. The Indonesian Economy in the Time of COVID-19: Saving Lives and Livelihoods? M. Chatib Basri and Syarifah Namira Fitrania 3. Impacts of COVID-19 on Indonesia’s Trade, Lili Yan Ing and Yessi Vadila 4. Walking a Thin Line: Fiscal Policy in Managing the Pandemic, Masyita Crystallin 5. COVID-19 in Indonesia: Social Safety Nets, Sudarno Sumarto and Zahra Amalia Syarifah 6. Mitigating COVID-19 in Indonesia: The Role of Local Governments, Diny Ghuzini 7. Off the Cliff and Back: An Anatomy of China’s Trade amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, Zhihong Yu and Mo Tian 8. Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Germany, Günther G. Schulze 9. COVID-19 Impact and Recovery: Lessons Learned from Singapore, Siwage Dharma Negara 10. COVID-19 in Viet Nam, Duc Anh Dang

    Biography

    Lili Yan Ing is Lead Advisor for Southeast Asia at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). Dr Ing served as Lead Advisor to the Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia from 2017 to 2019.

    M. Chatib Basri is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Indonesia. Dr. Basri was Minister of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia from 2013 to 2014.