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Invited Presentations

Poverty Economic Policy Network (PEP-NET) 8th General Meeting, Dakar, Senegal, June 2010.

International Conference on Business and Economics on Business and Economics of Climate Change, Bukit Tinggi, Indonesia (Keynote Speaker), Andalas University, April 2010.

IDRC Celebrating 20 Years of Partnership in Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam, February 2010.

EEPSEA Impact Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, February 2010.

ASEAN Conference on Biodiversity, Singapore, October 2009.

The 27th Indonesia Update Conference, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, October 2009.

Climate Insecurities, Human Security and Social Resilience Conference, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. August, 2009.

EEPSEA 31st Biannual Research Workshop, Dalat, Vietnam, May 2009.

Climate Change Workshop for Asian Journalists IDRC-ASRO-EEPSEA , August 12-13, 2008, in Manila, the Philippines

The 16th Annual Conference of European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Gotheborg, Sweden, June 2008.

Indonesia Council Open Conference 2007 Monash University, Caulfield Campus 24-25 September 2007, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
The 2nd Summer School on Development on Inequality, Growth and Human Development, Civita Castellana (Viterbo) Italy, 1-6 July 2007.
EEPSEA Biannual Research Workshop, Beijing, China, 14-18 May, 2007: Presenting paper on Distributional Impact of Environmental Policies: The Case of Carbon Tax and Energy Pricing Reform in Indonesia.
Indonesian Studies Postgraduate Workshop, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, April 19-20 2007: Presenting paper titled "On the distributional effect of carbon tax in developing countries: The case of Indonesia"
Asian Development Bank lnstitute (ADBI) workshop, Vientiene, Lao PDR, 12 April, 2007: Presentation: "LAOGEM: CGE Model of the Lao Economy".
Economics Ph.D workshop, RSPAS, ANU, 23 March, 2007: Searching for Equitable Energy Pricing Reform for Indonesia.
AARES (Australian Association of Resource and Agricultural Economic Society) 2007 Annual Conference in Queenstown, NZ, from 13-16 February 2007. Paper presented: "Agricultural Productivity Growth and Poverty Reduction in Indonesia: The Importance of Productivity Growth in Supporting Industries" with  Rina Oktaviani and Peter Warr.
Economics Ph.D workshop, RSPAS, ANU, 1 November, 2006: Constructing Indonesian SAM for Distributional Analysis in the CGE modeling Framework.
E-Crew (Early Career Resource and Environmental Economics Workshop), October, 2005, Charles Sturt University, Australia, Distributional Impact of Environmental Policies: Research Proposal
EEPSEA Biannual Research Workshop, Siem Reap, Cambodja, November, 2005, Distributional Impact of Environmental Policies: Research Proposal
the Asian Economic Panel Meeting in Sydney, Australia, 13–14 October 2005, Is the Log Export Ban Effective? Revisiting the Issue through the Case of Indonesia (with Budy Resosudarmo).
the 34th Australian Conference of Economists, University of Melbourne, Australia, 26th – 28th September 2005, Assessing the Value of Clean Air Quality in Jakarta-Indonesia: A Spatial Hedonic Price Analysis on Housing Values, (with Budy Resosudarmo).
The 3rd National Seminar and The 1st Congress of Indonesian Natural Resource and Environmental Account Professions and Practicioners, 12 – 14 December, 2003, Purwokerto, To What Extent Green Accounting Measure Sustainable Development (with A. Alisjahbana).
The 3rd National Seminar and The 1st Congress of Indonesian Natural Resource and Environmental Account Professions and Practicioners, 12 – 14 December, 2003, Purwokerto, Indonesia, "Measusing Sustainable Development in Indonesia". (with A. Alisjahbana).
Bangkok Conference on Comparative Analysis of East Asian Income Inequalities, organized by NIDA and The Friedrich Naumann Foundation, January 26-28, 2003, Bangkok, Thailand, "Understanding the Determinants and Consequences of Income Inequality in Indonesia"  2003. Paper presented at  (with Alisjahbana, A, M. Yasin, T. B. Soeprobo and Chotib)
One Day Seminar on Formulating pro-market and publicly-sensitive permit policies, organized by USAID and Bandung Institute for Governance Studies (BIGS), October 29, 2002, Bandung, Indonesia."Understanding Regulation Theory: In Search for Rationales of Permit Policies". 
the 6th Convention of East Asian Economist Association (EAEA), November 17, 2001, Singapore "Indonesia's Genuine Saving Rate and Sustainable Development". (with A. Alisjahbana)
The 8th IRSA International Conference, "Empowering Regional Economic Development toward Sustainable Poverty Alleviation", Malang, Indonesia, 18-19 August, 2006.
The 7th IRSA International Conference, "Natural Disasters' Impacts and Challenges for Recovery: Economic Development Strategy Focusing on Aids, Governance, Infrastructure & Environment". Jakarta (Depok), August, 3-4, 2005
The 5th IRSA International Conference, "Regional Development in a Decentralized Era: Public Services, Poverty, and The Environment" Bandung, July, 18-19, 2003.
The 7th PRSCO Summer Institute/ The 4th IRSA International Conference, "Decentralization, Natural Resource, and Regional Development in the Pacific Rim", Bali, June, 20-21, 2002
The 3rd IRSA International Conference, "Indonesia's Sustainable Development in the Era of Decentralization", Jakarta, 2001.
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