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About LPEM

In 1953 Prof.Dr.Soemitro Djojohadikusumo as the Dean of Faculty Economy of University of Indonesia, established 2 research center: Business Administration Seminar and  Social Research Centre, to support researches done by doctoral candidates in the school. In November 1953, the Social Research Centre became the Institute for Economic and Social Research (LPEM FEUI, or "LPEM"). In 1956 the Business Administration Seminar merged into LPEM.

Now LPEM undertakes research, consulting, and training aimed at solving development problems for the benefit of Indonesian society. These activities are based on strong research culture that includes the application of theories in analyzing, understanding, and providing policy recommendations. Supported by research staff holding advanced degrees from best universities, both domestic and abroad, LPEM is always ready to help provide solutions to the problems of Indonesia.

Research and consultation are the main activities of the Institute. Most of it is conducted in cooperation with other parties, both government and private, domestic and foreign. During the last 30 years, LPEM has completed more than 450 research projects covering a wide range of areas, such as institutional problems, regional economics, international economic relations, international trade, finance and banking, fiscal and monetary economics, agriculture, industry, tourism, rural development, demography, labor, poverty, income distribution, small-scale enterprises, and cooperatives.

LPEM also conducts seminars, both regular and non-regular seminars, national and international. Examples include past Annual Seminar sponsored by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the recent annual seminar series on competitiveness with Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), and the annual academic seminar in cooperation with the Australian National University (ANU), the Sadli Lecture series. Our research projects are mostly policy oriented that provide crucial inputs to policy makers, ranging from the preparation of the national, regional, and district-level development planning to more operational policy formulation in various aspects and sectors of development.

LPEM has a long history of working with private sector. In the 1990s the cooperation with the private sector has increased, as firms face the need to be more efficient in the global era. Since the outbreak of the economic crisis in 1997, the need to restructure corporations in Indonesia has become even more important. In this area, LPEM is also active in advocacy and consulting activities. Anticipating further economic development and increasing demand for high research quality, LPEM established 2 divisions of research: Economic and Policy Research Division; and Infrastructure and Regional Development Research Division.

The Course and Training Division was established to provide services to increase the quality of human resources (mainly of government officials). The division has conducted various activities since 1978 and also a series of seminars, both national and internationally scoped. Participants of the course and training programs come from various regions and institutions, both government and private sector. The activities are divided into “regular” courses and trainings conducted every year and “non-regular” courses and trainings that are usually conducted as requested by clients. The most frequent courses/trainings include National Planning Program, Development Planning Techniques, and Support Function Planning. These activities are generally conducted in 1-6 months. There are also shorter trainings (1-2 weeks) with specific topics such as Participation Plan, Potential of Regional Economy, Public Policy Analysis, Project Monitoring and Evaluation, Public Development, and Regional Finance and Budgeting.