Election and Economic Depression

One month prior to the legislative election in Indonesia, the world is officially declared to be in an economic recession. Global economic growth for 2009 which was predicted to be only 0.5 percent, in just 2 months was corrected by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to become zero percent. It is the worst growth since the World War II. It also potentially leads to a number of impacts; from unemployment, rampant poverty, famine, riots, until wars. Thus, the IMF was right when it concluded that the current recession is a problem of mankind and their future.

Read more the above article in two languages. The English version can be accessed in the Socdem Asia Website, and the Indonesian version in IndoPROGRESS. Continue>>

Asia Social Democracy Network

Social democrats in Asia are currently developing a network of progressive parties, pre-parties and movements. Two initial conferences were held in Indonesia, consecutively in Yogyakarta and Jakarta. To expedite the process, a new website is made, in which you can find the results of the conferences and all the papers delivered in it. You can access the website at www.socdem.asia and take a peek of how it looks as shown by the picture below.

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Presentation: Global Financial Crisis and Indonesia

My presentation at Regional Social Democratic Conference in Jakarta, March 4-5, 2009.

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