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Africa in Asia? the development challenges facing Eastern Indonesia and East Timor

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In recent years a distinction has been made in the development literature between “Asian” poverty, which is thought to be the result of high rural population densities and high rates of landlessness, and “African” poverty, which is more the result of sparse populations farming poor quality land and cut off by inadequate infrastructure from markets for goods, labour and credit. This paper pursues this distinction in the context of Indonesia and points out that in recent years the highest incidence of poverty has been found not in the densely settled islands of Java and Bali, but in the more remote and less populated provinces in the eastern part of the archipelago. This paper explores the correlates of poverty by province in Indonesia in 1996 and finds support for the view that the poorest provinces are those characterized by low population densities, undeveloped markets, low road densities and low educational attainment. The policy implications of these findings are examined in the final part of the paper.

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  • Anne Booth, 2004. "Africa in Asia? the development challenges facing Eastern Indonesia and East Timor," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(1), pages 19-35.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:oxdevs:v:32:y:2004:i:1:p:19-35
    DOI: 10.1080/1360081042000184101
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    1. Mats Lundahl & Fredrik Sjöholm, 2013. "Improving the Lot of the Farmer: Development Challenges in Timor-Leste during the Second Decade of Independence," Asian Economic Papers, MIT Press, vol. 12(2), pages 71-96, Summer.

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