Indonesia

Accountability

News

Breaking the chains?

Violations of the IFC's performance standards in a palm oil project in Indonesia could have far reaching effects, drawing attention to the IFC's responsibility for the impact of whole supply chains as a review of their social and environmental standards gets under way.

22 September 2009

Rights

Commentary

Whoever loses, the Bank always wins

The World Bank developed its campaign to 'combat' climate change through curbing carbon emissions from deforestation in tropical countries, but nobody noticed that the Bank, through its lending and development policies, has been promoting deforestation in tropical countries like Indonesia.

1 February 2008 | Guest comment

IFI governance

News

World Bank - IMF annual meetings 2006

Highlights of key civil society and official events at the World Bank - IMF annual meetings in Singapore, 17 - 20 September 2006.

11 September 2006

Social services

Commentary

The role of World Bank and IMF post-tsunami in Indonesia

The Paris Club communiqu

26 January 2005 | Guest comment

Infrastructure

News

Indonesians resist IMF measures

Donors failed to carry out their threats to suspend financing as the Indonesian government does a u-turn on IMF imposed increases in fuel and electricity prices.

1 April 2003

Rights

News

Indonesian experience casts doubts on Bank anti-corruption efforts

An Indonesian NGO complains that the Bank’s Department of Institutional Integrity has not been sufficiently transparent and achieved limited results.

28 January 2003

Accountability

News

Indonesian MPs: write-off IMF loans

One hundred members of the Indonesian parliament wrote to the heads of the IMF and World Bank, condemning the institutions for implementing “disastrous orthodox macroeconomic policies”.

24 July 2002

Finance

News

East Timor debt, adjustment fears

The first elected government in East Timor faces an estimated US $154-$184 million shortfall in its initial three-year budget.

8 May 2002

Finance

News

Social legacy of Indonesia’s crisis

A new pamphlet from UNICEF details the social legacy of Indonesia’s financial crisis.

5 April 2001

Rights

News

“Fighting neo-liberalism in the Asia-Pacific”

The Asia Pacific Peoples’ Solidarity Conference will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia, 7-10 June, 2001, organised by the Indonesian Centre for Reform and Social Emancipation (INCREASE ).

5 April 2001

WB/IMF roles

News

IMF critical of Indonesian decentralisation

The IMF is critical of the Indonesian’s government’s decentralization plans, which it believes could lead to excessive borrowing by regional governments.

6 February 2001

Finance

News

Little change in new IMF Indonesian programme

A revised programme agreed between the Indonesian government and the IMF in September has led to few changes.

26 October 2000