The 3rd Hendra Esmara Lecture on regional development. Seventy years of the Kuznets Curve: is education a facilitator of structural transformation or a driver of inequality?
The Hendra Esmara Lecture on Regional Development is convened by the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Andalas and the Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA), and ANU Indonesia Project, in honour of the late Professor Hendra Esmara for his pioneering work in the field of regional analysis in Indonesia.
The 3rd Hendra Esmara Lecture on regional development will be delivered by Professor Arief Anshory Yusuf (Universitas Padjadjaran and Dewan Ekonomi Nasional) entitled Seventy years of the Kuznets Curve: is education a facilitator of structural transformation or a driver of inequality?
The second part of the seminar will discuss extractive industries and regional inequality with Professor Werry Darta Taifur (Universitas Andalas), Professor Budy Resosudarmo (The Australian National University).
Both sessions will be chaired by Ratih Ramadhani (Universitas Andalas) and will feature Q&A.
Program:
08:30 – 08:50 Opening
Dean, FEB Andalas
President, IRSA
08:50 – 10:20 Hendra Esmara Lecture by Arief Anshory Yusuf. Seventy years of the Kuznets Curve: education as a facilitator of structural transformation or a driver of inequality?
Q&A (30 minutes)
10:30 – 12:00 Panel presentations on extractive industries and regional inequality
• Werry Darta Taifur (Universitas Andalas)
• Budy P. Resosudarmo (The Australian National University): Is there a natural resource curse at the local level? A case study in Indonesia
Q&A (30 minutes)
12:00 – 12:10 Closing by Head, Department of Economics, FEB Andalas
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About Professor Hendra Esmara
The late Professor Hendra Esmara was a pioneer in the analysis of regional development patterns and inequality in Indonesia. In the early 1960s, he saw the need to pay more attention to regional disparities in Indonesia and in 1967 established the Institute for Regional Economic Research (Lembaga Penelitian Ekonomi Regional) at Universitas Andalas, the first institute that focused on regional development in Indonesia. Professor Esmara’s pioneering publication in 1971 in the Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies was among the first comprehensive papers on regional income disparities in Indonesia and marked the birth of regional analysis in the country.
In addition to his academic work, Professor Esmara served as advisor to numerous Indonesian government agencies including Statistics Indonesia (Badan Pusat Statistik) and BAPPENAS. He actively participated in managing the Indonesian Association for Economists (Ikatan Sarjana Ekonomi Indonesia) and supported the career of many junior economists in academia and government. He also played significant roles in international organizations. Among others, he was a member of the Executive Council for Asian Manpower Studies; member of the Steering Committee for the World Health Organization (WHO) research program on socio-economics of health in Geneva; and Deputy Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
In 1985, Hendra Esmara was appointed professor of regional planning at Universitas Andalas, the first professor at the university’s Faculty of Economics. He served in this position until his passing on 13 August 2000.
Event Speakers
Arief Anshory Yusuf
Dr. Arief Anshory Yusuf is the Director of the Center for Economics and Development Studies (CEDS) of Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia.
He is also a Senior Economist of the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) and an Adjunct Fellow at the Australian National University.