Curriculum Indonesia's Economy
Indonesia's Economy
The world's largest archipelago economy: geography and diversity, the Suharto era, the 1997-98 crisis, democracy and decentralisation, palm oil, coal, the nickel downstreaming push, the new capital Nusantara, digital giants like GoTo, free school meals and lessons for India.
- An Economy of 17,000 Islands How Indonesia's geography of thousands of islands shapes its economy, from logistics costs to regional inequality, and why Java dominates. 📄 Read-aloud
- Suharto's New Order How Suharto's authoritarian "New Order" from 1966 to 1998 delivered rapid growth using technocrats, oil revenue and export factories, alongside corruption. 📄 Read-aloud
- The 1997-98 Crisis and Suharto's Fall How the Asian financial crisis hit Indonesia hardest, causing the rupiah to collapse, the economy to shrink by 13 percent and Suharto to resign. 📄 Read-aloud
- Democracy and Decentralisation How Indonesia's "big bang" decentralisation in 2001 shifted power and money to districts, and what it meant for services and corruption. 📄 Read-aloud
- Indonesia's Palm Oil Power How Indonesia became the world's largest palm oil producer, its importance to smallholders and India, and the 2022 export ban that shook global markets. 📄 Read-aloud
- Coal Exports and the Energy Transition How Indonesia became the world's largest thermal coal exporter, why its own power depends on coal, and the Just Energy Transition Partnership. 📄 Read-aloud
- Indonesia's Economy: Checkpoint 1 Quick checkpoint - five questions on Indonesia's geography, Suharto, the 1998 crisis, decentralisation and palm oil. 5 questions
- Downstreaming: Banning Raw Exports How Indonesia banned exports of raw nickel ore to force processing at home, how it attracted Chinese smelters, and the debate over this industrial policy. 📄 Read-aloud
- Nusantara: Building a New Capital Why Indonesia is moving its capital from sinking, congested Jakarta to Nusantara in Borneo, the costs, and doubts about the project. 📄 Read-aloud
- GoTo and Indonesia's Digital Economy How ride-hailing and e-commerce super apps like Gojek and Tokopedia grew into GoTo, how the digital economy boomed, and the 2023 TikTok Shop ban. 📄 Read-aloud
- Free Meals and Fiscal Rules How Indonesia's 2025 free nutritious meals programme aims to feed tens of millions of children, its huge costs, and Indonesia's 3 percent deficit rule. 📄 Read-aloud
- Indonesia and India How Indonesia and India trade coal and palm oil, cooperate in ASEAN and G20, and share challenges as large, young democracies. 📄 Read-aloud
- Lessons from Indonesia What Indonesia's experience teaches about resource management, crises, decentralisation and industrial policy, and a recap of the module. 📄 Read-aloud