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The government seems increasingly eager to usher in the “New Normal” and start reopening the economy. A guidebook on how to handle the “New Normal” from BPOM has already been …

My name is Krisna, some call me Imed. I am an advisor at the Indonesian National Economic Council. My research is about trade and investment policy and how it affects Indonesian firms. I use some structured equation such as GTAP model, but also do some empirics like gravity models.
I lecture at Universitas Indonesia. Additionally, I assume a senior fellow position at Center for Indonesian Policy Studies.
I contributed to several projects with Bank Indonesia, Bappenas, ADB, Prospera, and ERIA, among others. Occasional oped writer, typically at Kompas, Jakarta Post and East Asia Forum. Please see CV or contact me for more information.
The government seems increasingly eager to usher in the “New Normal” and start reopening the economy. A guidebook on how to handle the “New Normal” from BPOM has already been …
Policy brief on the Indonesian manufacturing industry, focused on the decrease in Indonesia’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), submitted to the Indonesian minister of industry, …
A book chapter written in Indonesia. Available at online stores in Indonesia. Book Title: Mewujudkan Indonesia 4.0: Kumpulan Pemikiran Pelajar Indonesia di Australia. Editors: …
A review on the book World Trade Evolution: Growth, Productivity and Employment ‐ edited by Lili Yan Ing and Miaojie Yu (eds)
In this article, I examine Indonesia's experience with capital account liberalisation. To be successful in fulfilling its development plan, capital access become essential.
This article is originally appears here on my medium blog. I remake it in this blog because here I can use !! yay!! I don’t change anything so if you’ve red this in my …
For my first paper review post, I will cover a paper by Thorbecke that is certainly interesting. The paper, which examines how Japan’s electronics export competitiveness was …
Are you a public policy observer? You do not have to be a professional. Even someone who comments on government policies in their spare time – and not as their main job – is …
Introduction: A Visit to the Museum of Australian Democracy About a year ago, my wife and I visited a museum in Canberra called the Museum of Australian Democracy. The museum …
IA-CEPA excited everyone when it was taken into effect, a result of 10 years long of negotiations between two great neighbours in the region. We are sceptical that IACEPA would …