Mark your calendars! Two great talks are happening this Friday, May 9. SEAP alumnus Harbrinderjit Singh Dillon (H.S. Dillon) will be coming to Cornell to give a talk titled Political Economy of Poverty Alleviation in Indonesia. He is the Presidential Special Envoy for Poverty Alleviation in Indonesia. The Cornell Indonesian Association (CIA) is also fortunate enough to be able to host his son for their very first CIATalks on Decentralization Reform, Urban Management, and Poverty Alleviation. For more information, please visit: https://smore/6d9ws CIATalks is a new CIA program that supports the sharing of ideas regarding Indonesia. Inspired by the popular TEDTalks, CIA hopes to promote awareness of Indonesian culture, studies, and issues. If you are interested in presenting for the next academic year, please do not hesitate to contact CIA Program Director Kevin Sim at: [email protected]. CIA Talks #1: Decentralization Reform, Urban Management and Poverty Alleviation: Lessons from Indonesia Speaker: Harya S. Dillon, Ph.D Candidate U.C. Irvine Date: Friday, May 9 Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Place: Rockefeller Hall 122 Abstract: Indonesia implemented Decentralization and regional autonomy as an integral component of the comprehensive reform package in 1999. The reformation encompassed, inter alia, democratization, governance, legal and constitutional reform along with getting the military out of politics. The passage of the decentralization bill was not without controversy. From a narrow deontological point of view, regional autonomy is interpreted as an insurgency against a Unitarian State. However, special autonomy status to regions with history of secessionism is part of a peaceful solution to territorial integrity. Fifteen years later, decentralization has yielded mixed results. Evidence of territorial splits (proliferation of subnational governments) implies reinforced fragmentation. On the other hand, some local governments have been blessed with transformative leaders who delivered the promise of decentralization such as a more accountable and responsive governance. Transformative leaders would have never emerged under a top-down bureaucratic local government. The effect of decentralization on poverty alleviation is ambiguous at best. There is mixed evidence of local success but the national average remains modest. Political Economy of Poverty Alleviation in Indonesia Speaker: H.S. Dillon, Presidential Special Envoy for Poverty Alleviation, Government of Indonesia Date: Friday, May 9 Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm Place: Warren 401 Abstract: Dr. Dillon, a Cornell Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, has occupied a variety of positions in Indonesian political life, including Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, and Commissioner of the National Commission on Human Rights. In his current position as Presidential Special Envoy for Poverty Alleviation, he has encountered a range of political economy obstacles in the course of implementing a host of poverty reduction thrusts, including elite capture, shocks, a crowded agenda, and a more cumbersome decision making process. He will draw the lessons of experience for designing poverty reduction policies, in Indonesia and globally.
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