First Published in 1978. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The economic crisis of 1965/6 and the gamble taken: the nature of the financial crisis' the mixed performance of production; the historical legacy' the gamble on instant price stabilisation and postponed rehabilitation; the First Five Year Plan, 1969 to 1974 (Repelita 1); conclusion. Stabilisation and its maintenance: the politics of aid; the emergence of the Inter-Governmental Group on Indonesia; the quantity of aid; new economic management; liberalisation of the foreign exchange market; foreign aid and the balance of payments; foreign aid and the budgets; credit and the rise of domestic savings; evaluation of the financial management. Rehabilitation and expansion of the endogenous economy: rehabilitation of traditional exports; advancing the principal food crops sector; industrial rehabilitation; mining rehabilitation; conclusion. New investment and exogenous growth: the foreign and domestic investment laws; trends of foreign investment by country; investment by sector and by province; job creation by new investment approvals; timber; estate rehabilitation; non-oil mining; secondary industry; conclusion. The oil sector: pre-1965 developments; post-1965 expansion; difficulties in controlling Portamina; implication of the oil price increases. Disenchantment and partial rectification: the prolonged liquidity crisis in domestic industry; stagnant traditional agriculture; small-scale versus large-scale; disenchantment with foreign investment; new foreign investment regulations; the special case of Japanese investment; corruption; the Chinese-pribumi (indigenous Indonesian issue); development of a capital market; conclusion. Conclusion: successes and contradictions of the crisis strategy; rural livelihoods in Java; problems of the Second Five Year Plant (Repelita II).