Table of Contents

1. Overview by Budy P Resosudarmo; Part I: Recent Politics and Economy of Indonesia; 2. The Politics: Indonesia's Year of Elections and the End of the Political Transition by Edward Aspinall; 3. The Economy: High Growth Remains Elusive by Ross H. McLeod; Part II: Globalization, Decentralization and Sustainable Development; 4. Indonesia in a Changing Global Environment by Warwick J. McKibbin; 5. International Trade and the Natural Resource 'Curse' in Southeast Asia: Does China's Growth Threaten Regional Development? by Ian Coxhead; 6. Unfinished Edifice of Pandora's Box: Decentralization and Resource Management in Indonesia by James J Fox, Dedi Supriadi and Ida Aju Pradnja Resosudarmo; 7. Does Indonesia have the Balance Right in Natural Resource Revenues Sharing? by Armida S Alisjahbana; 8. Development Performance and Future Scenarios in the Context of Sustainable Utilization of Natural Resources by Iwan Jaya Azis and Emil Salim; Part III: Sectoral Challenges; 9. Oligarchy in the Timber Markets of Indonesia: From APKINDO to IBRA to the Future of the Forests by Paul K. Gellert; 10. If Only Fish Could Vote: the Enduring Challenges of Coastal and Marine Resources Management in Post-reformasi Indonesia by Ian M Dutton; 11. Petroleum Paradox: The Politics of Oil and Gas by Francisia Seda; Part IV: Illegal Extractions and Conflicts; 12. Illegal Logging in Indonesia: Myth and Reality by Krystof Obidzinski; 13. Illegal Coal Mining Business in West Sumatra: Access and Actors in the Post Suharto-Era by Erwiza Erman; 14. Local Government and Environmental Conservation in West Java by Joan Hardjono; Part V: Law And Institution; 15. New Legal Initiatives for Natural Resource Management in a Changing Indonesia: The Promise, the Fear and the Unknown by Jason M Patlis; 16. Institutional Transformation for Better Policy Implementation and Enforcement by Isna Marifa.