People Need Jobs and Food
The new economic team is considered capable of dealing with Indonesia's economic and financial crisis. Short-term priorities are debt management and job creation. With such a reliable team, will President Megawati announce Indonesia will be free from IMF assistance by 2004?
August 14, 2001
SOME people were worried, if not annoyed, at the time that President Megawati Sukarnoputri took in selecting her Cabinet. But after what seemed like a long wait, she has presented us with a really special gift; the so-called Mutual Assistance Cabinet with a winning economic team. President Megawati's cabinet includes real professionals whose integrity and credibility are unquestionable.
Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti, an economist from the University
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