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Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation and the dominant power of Southeast Asia, was characterised in the early 1960s as a 'chronic economic dropout'. Yet by the early 1990s the World Bank included it in the select club of 'East Asian miracle economies'. Out of the turbulence of the mid-1960s has emerged one of the developing world's major socioeconomic transformations. This is the first book to provide an integrated treatment of the Indonesian economy since the fall of Sukarno. Hal Hill offers a balanced analysis, evaluation and explanation of Indonesia's economic performance over the past three decades. The book highlights Indonesia's successes - rapid industrialisation, major achievements in the food crop sector and the adoption, from the mid-1980s, of outward-looking policies. It also draws attention to the challenges facing the country, including the rocky path towards economic reform, the large external debt, regional and ethnic disparities, and the need for a transparent and predictable policy environment. The Indonesian Economy Since 1966 will be an important book for students and scholars of development economics, development studies, Asian economies and Southeast Asian studies, as well as for government and business professionals with an interest in the East Asian economies.