Poverty and Inequality in The Soeharto Era: An Assessment
Poverty and Inequality in The Soeharto Era: An Assessment
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苏哈托时代的贫困和不平等：评估
DOI：
10.1080/00074910012331337793
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发表时间：
2000
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
A. Booth
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作者：
A. Booth
本文调查了苏哈托总统任期内贫困和不平等趋势的证据。这些年来，印度尼西亚的贫困率有所下降，婴儿死亡率和识字率等其他福利指标也有所改善，这似乎是无可争议的。比较研究表明，到1980年代后期，印度尼西亚的贫困人口数低于菲律宾，但高于马来西亚和泰国。但相对贫穷的下降速度较慢，1987年至1996年期间，某些城市地区的相对贫穷甚至有所增加。本文还研究了1993年印度尼西亚农村贫困的决定因素的证据，并建议，农村发展计划针对贫困地区贫困人口的具体需求将是必不可少的，如果农村贫困是在未来几年进一步减少。
This paper surveys the evidence on trends in poverty and inequality during the years of Soeharto's presidency. That Indonesia saw a decline in the incidence of poverty, and improvements in other welfare indicators such as infant mortality rates and literacy rates over these years, seems indisputable. Comparative studies show that by the latter part of the 1980s, the headcount measure of poverty in Indonesia was below that in the Philippines although above that in Malaysia and Thailand. But relative poverty has declined more slowly, and indeed increased in some urban areas between 1987 and 1996. The paper also examines evidence on the determinants of rural poverty in Indonesia in 1993, and suggests that rural development programs targeted to the specific needs of poor people in poor areas will be essential if rural poverty is to be further reduced in future years.