Tropical deforestation accounts for almost one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions and
threatens the world's most diverse ecosystems. Much of this deforestation is driven by illegal …

How do income shocks affect international migration flows from poor countries? Income
growth not only increases the opportunity cost of migration but also eases liquidity …

We investigate the effects of the fiscal, administrative and political decentralization process
in Indonesia on budget allocation at the sub-national level. We find that after the large-scale …

This paper studies the interactions between political and economic incentives to foster forest
conversion in Indonesian districts. Using a district–level panel data set from 2001 to 2016 …

Democracies widely differ in the extent to which powerful elites and interest groups retain
influence over politics. While a large literature argues that elite capture is rooted in a …

We review empirical evidence on the ability of decentralization to enhance preference
matching and technical efficiency in the provision of health and education in developing …

This paper shows that the body of appointed officials that a new democracy inherits from the
previous regime is a key determinant of the extent of electoral fraud and clientelistic …

Nearly 15 years after embarking on its large‐scale decentralisation programme, Indonesia
has decided to extend its efforts to the village level. Decentralising to villages is intended to …

Since 2001, Indonesia has undergone a rapid and extensive programme of decentralization
of governance and resources from the centre to local level. This devolution has created a …

This study examines the estimated effect of curriculum reform in the Indonesian secondary
education after the implementation of the decentralization policy in 2001. Whilst …