Aims and scope
The Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (BIES) is the leading journal on Indonesia’s economy and society. It aims to address not only economic analysis and policy but also the intersection between economics, development and area studies. In doing so, it plays an important role in helping the world to better understand Indonesia. BIES has been published continuously since 1965.
The editors welcome original papers and notes in economics and political economy, including related analyses of law, public policy, political science, demography, geography, the environment, education and health. Regardless of the topic, submissions must focus on Indonesia and demonstrate robust analysis and scholarly rigour. The editors also look to publish discursive book reviews and review essays that contribute to the literature.

BIES authors benefit from rigorous double-blind peer review, robust editing, free-access initiatives, a supportive self-archiving policy and assistance in promoting their article after publication. The journal’s longstanding reputation as a well-respected outlet for high-quality research means each issue is read widely by Indonesianists everywhere.

In addition to the usual articles reporting economic analysis and research, each issue leads with an instalment of the comprehensive Survey of Recent Developments series, which records and analyses current trends, policy changes and important economic events in Indonesia. The series aims to be reasonably accessible to non-specialists and helps to account for the journal’s diverse readership within academia, government, business and among the broader public.

The academic journal of the ANU Indonesia Project, BIES receives financial support from the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Arndt–Corden Department of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia. Neither DFAT nor ANU takes responsibility for the views expressed by authors in the journal.

The journal is published three times a year, in April, August and December. These three issues constitute one volume. A volume index of articles and book reviews by authors is published in the last issue of each volume. BIES is published in hard copy in Indonesia by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta: www.csis.or.id.
Published by

Indonesia Project
Arndt-Corden Department of Economics
Crawford School of Public Policy
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
The Australian National University
© ANU Indonesia Project

Peer Review Statement

All general research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, consisting of initial screening by the editors and double anonymised refereeing. Each instalment of the Survey of Recent Developments, Indonesia in Comparative Perspective and Indonesian Politics series is a specially commissioned article that has undergone rigorous open peer review, consisting of assessment by, and incorporation of comments from, the editors of BIES and academic staff of the ANU Indonesia Project and their colleagues. Other commissioned papers are subject to the same process.