Research interests

Labour markets; regional development, poverty and economics development in East Asia with special reference to Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

Key publications

• Indonesian Labour in Transition: An East Asian Success Story? Trade and Development Series, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998.
• (with Prema-chandra Athukorala) Adjusting to Labour Scarcity: Structural Change and International Labour Migration in East Asia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1999.
• (with Peter van Diermen) Indonesia in Transition: Social Consequences of Reformasi and Crisis, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2000.
• (with Prema-chandra Athukorala and P. Wikramasekera) Growth, Employment and Migration in Southeast Asia: Structural Change in the Greater Mekong Countries, Edward Elgar, UK, 2001.
• (with Ross Garnaut) The Transformation of Melanesian Economy in Irian Jaya, Canberra, ANU Press, 1974 (published in Indonesian with minor revisions, Perubahan Sosial Ekonomi di Irian Jaya, Gramedia, Jakarta, 1979).

Career highlights

Head of the Indonesian Project, The Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, RSPAS (1998-present).

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