09/28/2008 • 4:03 pm 3

Mletiko

“mletiko” comes from the verb “mletik”, a Javanese word that means something close to “sparkle”. Mletik, however, is a very brief spark just like when we ignite a match. If it is not caught immediately, it will die.

Mletiko then means to mletik – to spark ideas. I hope this blog can mletik everybody who reads it. Yet, readers must be cautioned. To mletik will not necessarily make us happy. When we mletik, we catch fire and with this light we may see the surrounding a little better. However, a better understanding of our surrounding may make us frustrated and angry. It really depends on how we perceive pe-mletik-an.

A good English synonym for pemletikan is enlightenment. I would say, however, that enlightenment is deeper than pemletikan. Enlightenment is more spiritual, but here, in this blog, it is simply an intellectual process.

I love economic analyses, tools to choose whenever we have scarcity. The issues are not necessarily related to “money”. I may cover “cultural” and “political” issues. I am also a demographer, working with statistics on population dynamics as well as its wide social, economic, and political determinants and implications. Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia, is my main research interest.

Selamat Mletik, Happy Mletik.

Aris Ananta (arisananta@gmail.com)

Filed under: Uncategorized, mletiko

02/17/2012 • 12:40 pm 0

KESIAPAN HADAPI BENCANA ALAM

Aris Ananta

Seputar Indonesia, 15 Februari 2012

Akhir-akhir ini puting beliung dan angin kencang telah melanda banyak
daerah di Indonesia, terutama di Pulau Jawa, Bali, dan Nusa Tenggara.
Hujan lebat dan banjir pun makin sering terjadi.

Pohon tumbang menyebabkan orang meninggal atau terluka.Rumah roboh
menyebabkan kehilangan harta dan luka, bahkan dapat menyebabkan
kehilangan jiwa. Listrik bahkan padam dan telah mengganggu berbagai
kegiatan produktif masyarakat. Lalu lintas juga makin parah. Kalau
diukur dengan pendapatan nasional,dampak ekonomi puting beliung,angin
kencang, dan hujan serta banjir yang kini makin sering terjadi memang
tidak sebesar tsunami di Aceh dan gempa bumi di Yogyakarta. Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Bahasa Indonesia, economy, Akin Kencang, Banjir, lingkungan, Perubahan Iklim, Puting Beliung, Ramalan cuaca, Topan

02/17/2012 • 11:42 am 4

ORANG INDONESIA MAKIN KAYA?

Aris Ananta

Indonesia Finance Today, 16 Februari 2012

Memang, ada orang Indonesia yang lebih kaya, tetapi juga ada yang lebih miskin. Masalah penyebaran kekayaan menjadi penting untuk melihat siapa yang kaya dan tambah kaya, siapa yang miskin dan tambah miskin, dan juga siapa yang pendapatannya tidak berubah.

Selain itu, bagaimana mengukur “kaya”? Kita dapat berdebat mengenai begitu banyaknya pengukuran kekayaan. Namun, di tulisan ini, kita batasi saja pada ukuran yang biasa dipakai Pemerintah Indonesia, yaitu kekayaan yang diukur dengan uang. Di tulisan ini, kita juga lupakan masalah ketimpangan dalam kekayaan penduduk Indonesia.

Maka, pertanyaannya, kalau pun kita hanya memfokuskan pada uang sebagai pengukuran kekayaan dan mengabaikan masalah ketimpangan pendapatan, benarkah penduduk Indonesia tambah kaya? Dari statistik yang dikeluarkan oleh Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS), jawabnya “ya”, rata-rata pendapatan penduduk Indonesia telah meningkat dari US$ 3.010,1 pada 2010 menjadi US$ 3.542,9 pada 2011. Kenaikan sebesar 17,70%! Bahkan, kadang-kadang angka ini telah dibulatkan menjadi 18,0%. Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Bahasa Indonesia, economy, statistics, Uncategorized, 2011, GDP per kapita, Kenaikan Harga, pendapatan nominal, Pendapatan rata-rata, peningkatan, Pertumbuhan

02/02/2012 • 12:41 pm 0

UN’s Revolution on Measuring Development

2 February 2012

Dear friends,

Good news. UN has started a great and important step to revise the measurement of development. They will conduct a high-level forum on “Measuring the Unmeasurable: Challenge the Limits of Official Statistics” on 27 February 2012.

The following is a sample of the news, interviewing Porf. Paul Cheong, the UN’s statistician who leads the revolution in measuring development.

“In order to remain relevant in a rapidly changing world, the statistical community has to continuously examine and push its own boundaries. Phenomena, which are not easily measurable today, may become important tomorrow, so we have to be prepared. In the past years it has become customary to explore ‘cutting edge’ issues in the format of a ‘high level forum’, which allows brainstorming and free-flowing exchange. In these discussions, we have to balance the desire to explore new ideas which may require new measurement tools and the need to preserve the credibility and reputation of official statistics.

This year’s event will focus on issues such as the measurement of happiness, well-being and ecosystem services and other difficult concepts. These are complicated topics with no clear measurement yardsticks. How to take the complex interaction between the environment and the economy into account and how to capture the level of well being in a country, which may include a high degree of subjectivity, will be discussed among the chief statisticians of the world.”

Your better life index
The Statistical Revolution is Finally Here

Filed under: economy, English, statistics, development paradigm, environment, Happiness, Paul Cheong, Statistics, UN, Wellbeing

01/04/2012 • 4:22 pm 0

Mengurangi Impor Frozen Meat

Aris Ananta

4 Januari 2012

Hari ini saya membaca di the Jakarta Post bahwa pemerintah akan mengurangi impor frozen meat sebanyak 34.000 ton di tahun 2012. Kalau mungkin, pengurangannya lebih banyak lagi. Bahkan, menurut berita ini, pemerintah akan tidak mengimpor frozen meat lagi, kalau persediaan lokal telah memenuhi.

Kebijakan ini sesungguhnya kebijakan yang menekankan pada sisi supply. Kita pun dapat mengatasi kekuarangan supply, dengan menaikkan harga frozen meat. Dengan harga yang lebih tinggi, minat masyarakat pun akan berkurang, kebutuhan impor frozen meat akan berkurang. Kalau harga frozen meat dibiarkan tinggi, sementara itu kita mendorong produksi buah dan sayur segar dari dalam negeri, maka masyarakat akan terdorong untuk mengurangi konsumsi daging dan menambah konsumsi buah dan sayur segar.

Oleh sebab itu, salah satu cara mengurangi impor frozen meat adalah mendorong konsumsi dan produksi buah dan sayur lokal. Kita menjadi lebih sehat, mengurangi pembunuhan terhadap binatang, dan memperbaiki neraca perdagangan Indonesia. (*)

Filed under: Bahasa Indonesia, economy, Uncategorized, buah, frozen meat, impor, neraca perdagangan, pembunuhan binatang, sayur, sehat, supply

01/04/2012 • 2:39 pm 0

Global Crises and Mega Demographic Trends in Indonesia

Pengunjung Mletiko yang budiman,

Terlampir power point yang kami sajikan dalam diskusi di Jusuf Kalla School, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta pada tanggal 27 Desember 2011; Universitas Achmad Dahlan, Yogyakarta, 28 Desember 2011; dan Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga, Yogyakarta, 28 Desember 2011.

Global Crises and Mega Demographic Trends in Indonesia

Semoga berguna.

Salam,

Aris Ananta dan Evi Nurvidya Arifin

Filed under: Bahasa Indonesia, Demography, economy, ageing, arab spring, demografi, Demographic Trend, Kependudukan, krisis global, Krisis Kemanusian, krisis keuangan, migrasi, Occupy Wall Street, penuaan penduduk, Perubahan Iklim

12/23/2011 • 3:36 pm 1

Perusakan Hutan dan Pertumbuhan Ekonomi

Aris Ananta

23 Desember 2011

Di Jakarta Post tanggal 23 Desember tertulis

“President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has warned international green
groups not to meddle in the country’s domestic affairs, saying that
their campaigns against forest destruction could hamper his
government’s efforts to lift people out of poverty.”

Kampanye melawan perusakan hutan akan merugikan usaha mengurangi kemiskinan? Benarkah Presiden RI percaya hal itu? Kemiskinan siapa? Kemiskinan pembabat hutan?

Presiden juga mengatakan “…..it was impossible for the government to meet the
demands by international NGOs to stop all palm oil companies from
operating in Indonesia, as it would destroy both the economy and the
livelihoods of many people”

Kalau kita memakai paradigma pertumbuhan ekonomi, apa yang dikatakan oleh Presiden memang tepat sekali. Mungkin Presiden belum merasakan dampak langsung dari kerusakan hutan, dan kerugian yang diakibatkan dari perkebunan kelapa sawit.

Revolusi paradigma pembangunan memang harus segera dilakukan, kalau generasi ini tidak mau dicatat sebagai generasi yang ikut memusnahkan lingkungan hidup semata demi pertumbuhan ekonomi jangka pendek.

Mari kita renungkan kembali paradigma pembangunan kita. (*)

Filed under: Bahasa Indonesia, economy, kelapa sawit, kemiskinan, paradgima, paradigma, pertumbuhan ekonomi, perusakan hutan, presiden

12/23/2011 • 1:50 pm 0

Poverty and Global Recession in Southeast Asia

Just Published

Edited by Aris Ananta and Richard Barichello

About the Book

Financial crises after financial crises have occurred, with widening impact and deepening severity. This book started with an objective to understand the impact of high inflation on poverty in Southeast Asia. However, global inflation moved quickly into recession in 2008. Southeast Asia was not an exception.

This book then refocused the title to Poverty and Global Recession in Southeast Asia. It is a modest attempt to contribute a better understanding of poverty and food security in Southeast Asia during the 20089-09 global recession, considering both recent development and the previous major crisis of 19979-98. The book may also help to anticipate some possible impacts of future global recession on food and poverty, not only in Southeast Asia, but also in many other countries in the world.

The book was published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2012. (*)

Filed under: economy, English, poverty, 2008-09, Asian Crisis, crisis, food, global, Indonsia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Recession, Sarawak, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

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Mletiko

“mletiko” comes from the verb “mletik”, a Javanese word that means something close to “sparkle”. Mletik, however, is a very brief spark just like when we ignite a match. If it is not caught immediately, it will die.

KESIAPAN HADAPI BENCANA ALAM

ORANG INDONESIA MAKIN KAYA?

UN’s Revolution on Measuring Development

Mengurangi Impor Frozen Meat

Global Crises and Mega Demographic Trends in Indonesia

Perusakan Hutan dan Pertumbuhan Ekonomi

Poverty and Global Recession in Southeast Asia

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