EVERY now and then, Finance Minister Jusuf Anwar said something funny. It was the first time he had given directions to all governors and heads of the Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda). Using humor, Jusuf tried to lighten the atmosphere at the Deliberations on National Development Planning 2005 at the Bappenas Building on Jalan Diponegoro, Jakarta, last Wednesday.

The governors and Bappeda heads were about to prepare the gover