Originally published: Singapore : ISEAS Publications, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2005

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-281) and index.

Contents
Preface : looking back to move forward / Emil Salim
1 Introduction / Budy P. Resosudarmo 1
Pt. I Recent political and economic developments
2 Politics : Indonesia's year of elections and the end of the political transition / Edward Aspinall 13
3 The economy : high growth remains elusive / Ross H. McLeod 31
Pt. II Globalisation, decentralisation and sustainable development
4 Indonesia in a changing global environment / Warwick J. McKibbin 53
5 International trade and the natural resource 'curse' in Southeast Asia : does China's growth threaten regional development? / Ian Coxhead 71
6 Unfinished edifice or Pandora's box? : decentralisation and resource management in Indonesia / James J. Fox, Dedi Supriadi Adhuri, Ida Aju Pradnja Resosudarmo 92
7 Does Indonesia have the balance right in natural resource revenue sharing? / Armida S. Alisjahbana 109
8 Development performance and future scenarios in the context of sustainable utilisation of natural resources / Iwan J. Azis, Emil Salim 125
Pt. III Sectoral challenges
9 Oligarchy in the timber markets of Indonesia : from Apkindo to IBRA to the future of the forests / Paul K. Gellert 145
10 If only fish could vote : the enduring challenges of coastal and Marine resources management in post-reformasi Indonesia / Ian M. Dutton 162
11 Petroleum paradox : the politics of oil and gas / Francisia S. S. E. Seda 179
Pt. IV Illegal exractions and conflicts
12 Illegal logging in Indonesia : myth and reality / Krystof Obidzinski 193
13 Illegal coalmining in West Sumatra : access and actors in the post-Soeharto Era / Erwiza Erman 206
14 Local government and environmental conservation in West Java / Joan Hardjono 216
Pt. V Laws and institutions
15 New legal initiatives for natural resource management in a changing Indonesia : the promise, the fear and the unknown / Jason M. Patlis 231
16 Institutional transformation for better policy implementation and enforcement / Isna Marifa