MYTHS ABOUT TIGERS - INDONESIAN DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEBATES

This paper assesses some of the major policy debates currently occurri ng in Indonesia. It is argued that, while Indonesia's economic perform ance over the past 30 years has been very good, some of these debates are centred on misleading or irrelevant 'myths' which may have adverse policy consequences. There is some evidence that the reform momentum has slowed in the past few years, while other pressing policy challeng es have not been addressed with the vigour evident in the 1980s. Debat e over these myths may therefore be contributing to a somewhat less co herent policy regime, just as the country is wrestling with post-Soeha rto succession scenarios.