Indonesia: The Troubled Giant Question 1: What political factors explain Indonesia’s poor economic performance? What economic factors? Are these two related? The impeachment of the Indonesian dictator Suharto is widely considered one of the most exciting political happenings of recent years. Indonesia is the world’s fourth biggest country‚ with a population of 202 million people; Suharto had ruled the country with an iron fist for about 32 years. The fact that his absolute
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Executive Summary The following report details our research and results regarding the economic climate of the Republic of Indonesia. Following our recent cultural analysis‚ we followed the similar practice of finding several sources‚ extracting the most vital information‚ and summarizing our findings into a coherent analysis. Ultimately‚ we feel that this analysis will provide a comprehensive look into Indonesia’s current economic condition‚ as well as provide insight in the future and direction
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The Aim of Education in Indonesia By Daenuri Suhendar Many people in Indonesia believe that success in education is measuring the academic values. Therefore‚ their efforts have focused only on how much academic value that can be achieved‚ we may often forget the real purpose of education that it is not to get a course of academic and other achievements. However‚ the purpose of education is to improve the multiple intelligence and cognitive students. In other words‚ a school can’t
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Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Webster University Vienna Fall 2011 RESEARCH PAPER: CULTURAL COERCION IN INDONESIA Literature review of Murray Li‚ Tania (1999): "Compromising Power: Developement‚ Culture‚ and Rule in Indonesia". In: Cultural Anthropology 14(3)‚ pp. 295-322 Vienna‚ 11.12.2011 Gregor Čorokalo Introduction The age of globalization that we currently live in has certainly brought many changes to both our environment and the ways in which we live our lives. The process
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Indonesia - The Troubled Giant Indonesia is a vast country. Its 220 million people are spread out over some 17‚000 islands that span an arc 3‚200 miles long from Sumatra in the west to Irian Jaya in the east. It is the world’s most populous Muslim nation - some 85 percent of the population count themselves as Muslims -but also one of the most ethnically diverse. More than 500 languages are spoken in the country‚ and separatists are active in a number of provinces. For 30 years this sprawling
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INTRODUCTION Indonesia plays major role in today’s economic as Indonesia is one of the countries with the biggest GDP with the 4th largest population in the world. Joining the member of G-20 major economies‚ Indonesia has successfully emerges as the largest economy in Southeast Asia‚ moreover‚ Indonesia also classified as a new industrialized country. Government plays substantial role through ownership of 141 state industries and enterprises‚ and administration of prices of basic goods such as rice
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Relationship of China and Indonesia 1. Antiquity The relationship between the monarchy in ancient China and Indonesia since the 7th century ‚ and perhaps earlier has begun. Indonesia is part of the Maritime Silk Road connecting China and India and the Arab world. A large number of Chinese ceramics are found throughout Indonesia suggested link between the two ancient trade . National Museum of Indonesia has one of the best Chinese ceramics and found outside China ‚ Chinese and Japanese the most
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INDONESIA Introduction: The Republic of Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world comprising 17‚504 large and small tropical islands fringed with white sandy beaches‚ many still uninhabited and a number even still unnamed. Straddling the equator‚ situated between the continents of Asia and Australia and between the Pacific and the Indian Oceans‚ it is as wide as the United States from San Francisco to New York‚ equalling the distance between London and Moscow. Indonesia has a total population
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to have a successful business in Indonesia. To start a business in a foreign country‚ it is crucial to understand the culture‚ social‚ customs and language of the country to be successful. Understanding the cultures help us predict how a person is going to act‚ negotiate‚ speak and make decisions (Morrison & Conoway‚ 2006). The cultures are different between the United States and Indonesia. What may be acceptable in U.S may not be acceptable in Indonesia; in other words they have different
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CASE ANALYSIS: INDONESIA-THE TROUBLED GIANT I. Time Context Indonesia is a large country in the Southeast Asia. It has been in steady growth economically under the leadership of Suharto but experiencing unfair treatment by the government as the president favors those of his colleagues in many aspects. Due to Asians financial crisis debt of considerable value has been incurred and lead to economic downturn. Recovery was in 2004‚ upon inauguration of a democratic president but wasn’t enough to answer
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