Edition 54: Apr-Jun 1998

Nation in crisis

INFID

Published: 30 September 2007

The World Bank has joined the IMF in a huge rescue package. Indonesian non-government organisations (NGOs) presented this memo to World Bank president James Wolfensohn in Jakarta.

Walden Bello

Published: 29 September 2007

The IMF recipe is no cure for Asia's collapsed economies, says WALDEN BELLO. Instead, a people's strategy is emerging that looks to self-reliance and democratic control over capital.

Michael Vatikiotis

Published: 29 September 2007

Authoritarian Southeast Asian governments have been dealt a blow by market forces, says MICHAEL VATIKIOTIS, but democracy will not flourish until people begin to organise locally.

PIJAR

Published: 29 September 2007

There are plenty of capable Indonesians who can take over from Suharto, says the activist group PIJAR.

Daniel Lev

Published: 29 September 2007

What should democracy activists do in these last days of the New Order? DANIEL LEV offers some pointers.

Ben Anderson

Published: 29 September 2007

When speaking off the cuff, Suharto sees himself not as a modern president but as a Javanese king. Ben Abel talks with BEN ANDERSON.

INFID

Published: 29 September 2007

We, more than one hundred Indonesian and non-Indonesian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) participating in the International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (Infid), are deeply concerned about the ongoing economic turmoil in Indonesia which many fear may lead to political turmoil as well.

Goenawan Mohamad

Published: 29 September 2007

Indonesia has been brought to its knees by a small club of crony capitalists, says GOENAWAN MOHAMAD. The IMF deal offers hope because it will weaken their grip on the economy of 200 million other Indonesians.

Gerry van Klinken

Published: 29 September 2007

GERRY VAN KLINKEN traces the spectacular financial events that paralysed the country's business and political elites.

Arief Budiman

Published: 29 September 2007

In this snapshot of politics at the end of January, ARIEF BUDIMAN worries that the embryonic alliance between Amien Rais and Megawati remains vulnerable to government attack.