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.
It was quite surprising yet interesting when I watched the press conference by the National Economic Council (DEN) some time ago. The reason was that Luhut Binsar Panjaitan (LBP), …
Recently, there have been many reports about the weakening of Indonesia’s middle class. The middle class in Indonesia has been shrinking since 2018 and now makes up only 17% of the …
In this Global Seminar, we talk with Dr Lili Yan Ing and Dr Krisna Gupta on the economics of Indonesia joining BRICS, a bloc formed by Brazil, Russia, India, and China in 2009 with …
Some time ago, my colleague Anton and I were invited to chat on the Indah G Show platform. It was a casual, mostly spontaneous conversation. Unfortunately, in these impromptu …
Indonesia has recently been buzzing about five consecutive months of deflation. Some analysts like INDEF have argued this signals weakening purchasing power among the middle class. …