Journal of Indonesian Economy and Business
Vol 27, No 3 (2012): September

INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE INDONESIAN ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

Irawan, Tony ( Bogor Agricultural University)
Hartono, Djoni ( University of Indonesia)
Irawan, Ferry ( Fiscal Policy Office – the Ministry of Finance)
Yusuf, Arief Anshory ( Padjadjaran University)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Mar 2015

Abstract

Indonesian government shows their big commitment on the improvement of infrastructure which is reflected in some regulations and policies made. It is supported by many empirical evidences that show the importance of infrastructure improvement on the economic performance. This paper developed a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE)model to analyze the impacts of infrastructure on the Indonesian economy by introducing several types of infrastructure and discussing the impacts of it on the poverty level. The results suggest that improvement on any types of infrastructure is expected to increase the economic growth, raise the government revenue, raise the factors’ income and reduce the poverty level. Improvement on the public work of agriculture, land transportation and telecommunication are still being preferable options comparing to others. Interestingly, even though the public work of agriculture is usually located in rural areas, the model suggests that the improvement on this sector will result higher impact on the urban household rather than to the rural household.Keywords: infrastructure, CGE, policy, poverty.

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Economics, Econometrics & Finance

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Journal of Indonesian Economy and Business (JIEB) is open access, peer-reviewed journal whose objectives is to publish original research papers related to the Indonesian economy and business issues. This journal is also dedicated to disseminating the published articles freely for international ...