Join us for a conversation on the future of Middle Powers and the role of Brazil, Indonesia, India, South Africa, and Turkey in the global order!
At Harvard Belfer Center
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I’m pleased to share my new paper published by Harvard BelferCenter , as part of the Middle Powers
Project, exploring how Indonesia is navigating today’s shifting world order. www.belfercenter.org/research-ana...

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🆕 Going for economic growth: Lessons from Indonesia 📢

Today on VoxDevTalks, Muhamad Chatib Basri (Former Minister of Finance) discusses Indonesia's path to achieving high levels of economic growth: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...

Live! Experts are w/ CGD & the University of Chicago to discuss lessons from research-policy collaborations.

W/ @rglenner.bsky.social, Michael Kremer, Muhamad Chatib Basri, Jose Carlos Chavez Cuentas, Rema Hanna, Sasha Gallant, & Amanda Glassman.

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Muhamad Chatib Basri, former Minister of Finance of Indonesia, reflects at @cgdev.org on how scaled innovations don't always succeed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8q5...

He references Indonesia's dramatic increase in teacher salaries with no impact on student learning. econweb.ucsd.edu/~kamurali/pa...

Sound analysis from economist Muhamad Chatib Basri on Indonesia's good economic growth but fragile middle class. He helps to describe why millions of young Indonesian were involved in street protests nationwide
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“When statistics speak of progress, but justice does not move, the streets take the stage.”

CID Visiting Scholar Muhamad Chatib Basri explores how economic growth can coexist with deep social insecurity in "Indonesia’s Fragile Middle Class.”

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📣 CID is excited to announce a distinguished new cohort of fellows for the 2025 academic year. These fellows bring global perspectives that enhance CID’s research & teaching.
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Indonesia’s economy looks stable, even strong, on paper. So why is the country’s aspiring middle class anxious – and protesting?

@chatibbasri.bsky.social explains: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

I talked to @johncassidysays.bsky.social of The New Yorker about my new book www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...

Indonesian economy has remarkably well in the past 20yrs. So why are we seeing waves of mass protests over pocket book issues? My article in
@carnegieendowment.org
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Congratulations to Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social on the launch of his latest book, Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World; a remarkable and timely work, rich with insights for both developed and developing countries.

Currently reading @drodrik.bsky.social’s new book, releasing in a few weeks.

Join us for a launch discussion with Dani Rodrik, @chatibbasri.bsky.social, Rebecca Henderson, & @johncassidysays.bsky.social, on October 29, at Harvard Kennedy School.

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The culprit for this is the inability to produce jobs in the formal sector,” said Chatib Basri, a former finance minister who is now advising the government on the economy. “From 2019, most of the jobs created were basically in the informal sector. on.ft.com/3X4Mkax