https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 12:06:53 +0700 Joomla! - Open Source Content Management en-gb admin@insideindonesia.org (Inside Indonesia) https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/help-us-clean-up https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/help-us-clean-up 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.]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (INFID) Edition 54: Apr-Jun 1998 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:32:17 +0700 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/the-end-of-the-asian-miracle https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/the-end-of-the-asian-miracle 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.]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (Walden Bello) Edition 54: Apr-Jun 1998 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:49:05 +0700 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/markets-morals-and-leadership-after-the-boom https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/markets-morals-and-leadership-after-the-boom 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.]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (Michael Vatikiotis) Edition 54: Apr-Jun 1998 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:46:07 +0700 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/we-want-a-new-government https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/we-want-a-new-government There are plenty of capable Indonesians who can take over from Suharto, says the activist group PIJAR.]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (PIJAR) Edition 54: Apr-Jun 1998 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:44:42 +0700 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/thinking-through-a-new-tomorrow https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/thinking-through-a-new-tomorrow What should democracy activists do in these last days of the New Order? DANIEL LEV offers some pointers.]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (Daniel Lev) Edition 54: Apr-Jun 1998 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:39:26 +0700 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/a-javanese-king-talks-of-his-end https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/a-javanese-king-talks-of-his-end When speaking off the cuff, Suharto sees himself not as a modern president but as a Javanese king. Ben Abel talks with BEN ANDERSON.]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (Ben Anderson) Edition 54: Apr-Jun 1998 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:38:40 +0700 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/peaceful-change-now https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/peaceful-change-now 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.]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (INFID) Edition 54: Apr-Jun 1998 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:36:01 +0700 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/how-to-love-a-country-in-a-time-of-crisis https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/how-to-love-a-country-in-a-time-of-crisis 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.]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (Goenawan Mohamad) Edition 54: Apr-Jun 1998 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:35:08 +0700 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/from-go-go-to-yo-yo https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/from-go-go-to-yo-yo GERRY VAN KLINKEN traces the spectacular financial events that paralysed the country's business and political elites.]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (Gerry van Klinken) Edition 54: Apr-Jun 1998 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:33:32 +0700 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/friend-or-foe https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-5453/friend-or-foe 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.]]> thusharadibley@yahoo.com.au (Arief Budiman) Edition 54: Apr-Jun 1998 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:29:26 +0700