Publications

This book contains selected papers presented in The Second IRSA International Institute held in Bogor, 21-23 July, 2009. They report important findings from the studies on three big issues of regional development in Indonesia: Problems of Regional Development (Poverty, Unemployment, Disparities, and Sustainability), Political Economics of Regional Development (Spatial Planning and Fiscal Policies), and Prospect of Regional Development (Optimizing Partnership and Local Potential Resources).

This book contains 9 papers selected from papers presented at the 9th Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA) International Conference, entitled “The Current and Future Issues of Regional Development, Energy and Climate Change”. 55 papers were presented at the conference, and 15 of them were submitted to be included in this book. This book is divided into 3 parts. Part I concern regional economics and development, Part II energy, and the last part climate change and the environment.

This book contains 9 papers selected among papers presented at the 8th Indonesia Regional Science Association (IRSA) International Conference entitled :”Empowering Regional Economic Development Toward Sustainable Poverty Alleviation”. There were 80 papers presented in the conference, and 30 of them were submitted to be included in the book. In selecting the papers, special attention was given to papers written by those who recently graduated with a master of the PhD program. The conference was held on August 18-19, 2006, at Brawijaya University, Malang, East Java. It was conducted by the IRSA, the faculty of economics, Brawijaya University, and the East Java Development Planning Agency. The conference would not have been possible without generous financial support from the East Java Development Planning Agency and the Research Center for Economic Policy (PPKE), Faculty of Economics – Brawijaya University, or the active participation of those attending the conference.

This edited volume comprises selected papers from the 7th IRSA International Conference, held at the University of Indonesia, 3-4 August 2005. The title of this book reflects the major theme of the meeting. Indeed, the theme is timely. Following the devastating December 2004 tsunami in Aceh, the steering committee of the IRSA conference decided to take the natural disaster as the main theme of the 2005 meeting. The major earthquake in March 2005 in Nias reconfirmed the decision. But still, the committee would also call for wider regional science topics. Hence is the sub-theme of the meeting. The natural disaster strikes not only the affected people of Aceh and Nias, but also regional scientists. Very few ever thought previously about the impact and redevelopment issues of the unexpected events. This is partly reflected in the relatively small number of papers submitted to the conference. However, we are grateful to those who responded to the call for papers of this conference, and some of the papers are included in this volume.