Contents - Tables - Figures - Contributors - Acknowledgments - Glossary - Map of Indonesia - 1. An introduction to the issues - Part 1: Historical, economic, political and social patterns - 2. Before the 'big bang': decentralization debates and practice in Indonesia, 1949? 99 - 3. Indonesia's decentralization: the rise of local identities and the survival of the nation-state - 4. Hares and tortoises: regional development dynamics in Indonesia - 5. Patterns of regional poverty in the new Indonesia - Part 2: Decentralization and governance - 6. Twelve years of fiscal decentralization: a balance sheet - 7. Local governance and development outcomes - 8. Decentralization, governance and public service delivery - 9. What determines the quality of subnational economic governance? Comparing Indonesia and Vietnam - Part 3: Local-level perspectives - 10. Dilemmas of participation: the National Community Empowerment Program - 11. Governing fragile ecologies: a perspective on forest and land-based development in the regions - 12. Explaining regional heterogeneity of poverty: evidence from a decentralized Indonesia - Part 4: Migration, cities and connectivity - 13. Migration patterns: people on the move - 14. Regional labour markets in 2002?12: limited convergence but integration nonetheless - 15. The dynamics of Jabodetabek development: the challenge of urban governance - 16. Challenges of implementing logistics reform in Indonesia - Part 5: Challenges for Indonesia's periphery - 17. The political impact of carving up Papua - 18. Development in Papua after special autonomy - 19. Special autonomy, predatory peace and the resolution of the Aceh conflict - 20. Aceh's economy: prospects for revival after disaster and war - Author index - Subject index - Indonesia Update Series