It's better to be a free bird than to be as sick as a parrot in a cage. That is what people are now saying about the foreign investment climate in Indonesia. Don't expect new investment to come flooding in when the investment that's already here is considering pulling out. According to Global Development Finance published by the World Bank, foreign investment in Indonesia in 2000 only amounted to US$ 500 million, compared to US$ 2.7 billion in 1998.