Challenges of the Global Economy: Some Indonesian Issues: Some Indonesian Issues

ISBN-13: 9781536162769

Beta Yulianita Gitaharie

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Dear Researchers/Students/Librarians, and Practitioners, We are pleased to offer you the following book chapter titled: "Contemporary issue on development economics and well-being: Exploring distinctive cases in Indonesia" written by prominent authors who are specialized in the area from the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia, and other toparanked universities in Indonesia. The book covers some most recent studies and updated issues in the following areas: 1. Population Economics in Indonesia: The articles in this chapter discuss issues on the changing population structure, including: the impact of Millennials' behavior and characteristics that are different from the previous generation on various life spectrum, such as fertility preference; the impact of fast development in transportation and economy on migration; and decent wages in a global production network. 2. Islamic Economics and Microfinance: This chapters containts articles that analyze how zakat, shodaqoh, and infaq can be used as economic empowerment tools by improving the well-being in the community; and the intention of zakat payers through the lense of Theory of Planned Behavior. 3. Monetary and Fiscal Challenges in a Changing Global Economy: Some issues discussed by the articles in this chapter are the use of monetary and fiscal policy to speed up economic growth; some empirical findings on taxation, trade liberalization and its impact on food security; technology and its impact on money demand; and analysis of the stock market's trend. These timely issues are relevant in increasing the interdependence and openness of the country. This book is strongly recommended to be used as a reference for researchers, students, and also business practitioners not only in Indonesia, but also wider audiences that require deeper insights/thoughts in dynamic, changing and global emerging market (i.e. in Indonesia).