THERE is no question that the poor need to be helped. In fact, this countrys constitution mandates the government to implement this noble task. The question is, who are the poor in Indonesia and what is the best way to come to their aid?

The first question is currently being addressed by a survey of the Central Bureau of Statistics. Meanwhile, the guess is that there are 4 million very poor families, 6 million poor families and 5.5 million familie