Salim Group

The Dutch trade of commodities influenced Indonesia’s economy in the way that they introduced land tax, made trade routes, and printed money. The Dutch first implemented land tax by telling farmers to give them one fifth of what they harvested (“Colonial Period of Indonesia.”) This system was called the cultivation system. After the farmers gave one fifth of their harvest they got a fixed amount of money that has no relation to the value of the crops. “The Dutch and Javanese officials received bonus when their residency delivered more crops…” (“Colonial Period of Indonesia.) This made encouraged them to increase production so that they could get more money. This led to corruption (“1820-1950 Indonesia and Decolonization – Timeline Dutch History”.)

Due to a rapid decrease in man power, Abdullah-Rashid state that the RUF continuously decreased the age range of their child combatants. They harassed young men and women and forced them to become enemy soldiers (241). Shah discloses that an estimated quarter of the RUF child combatants were under the age of 18. Disappointingly “more than 4,500 children were drawn into the war as spies, porters, sex-slaves, carriers and combatants for the RUF” (Abdullah and Rashid 240). Abdullah-Rashid also reveal that children were forced to partake in many horrors such as amputating fellow citizens and eviscerating pregnant women (240), “to date over 50,000 people have been killed and one million displaced. People have been raped, and had their limbs amputated”

Indonesia is the largest country in South East Asia and the third most populous in the world. Indonesia’s geographic proximity to Australia makes its bilateral relationship with Australia an important one for both

This essay will look at the case study of Rashid and, using the information provided about him, will consider what issues Rashid and his family may be facing and how theories of lifespan development can be applied to help inform social work intervention.

Al-Shabaab as a terrorist group poses a significant threat in Somalia and in the global community. This paper will start by discussing the background. In this part the paper will show how the group has evolved from Al-Ittihad Al-Islam (AIAI) to the Islamic Court Union (ICU) and lastly to Al-Shabaab. Before discussing the group’s threat of national security, homeland and international, this paper will provide the conceptual meaning of key terminology, such as national security, homeland security, international security and globalization. It is important to understand these concepts before moving toward the main argument of the paper. After providing the framework for key concepts, the paper will discuss the group’s threat to Somalia in two areas, national security and homeland security. The paper will go further and identify the threats posed by the group on other nations’ homeland security and international security. We will use East African countries and the United States examples. The paper will provide evidence to support how globalization has shaped and fueled the threats from Al-Shabaab. It will then discuss the primary response from the United States and from African countries through AMISOM. The paper will provide the way forward and suggestions for the response of the international community to Al-Shabaab. In conclusion, we will try to alert the international community that although the group has been experience hard times in Somalia, it is unwise to

After four long years of fighting and tense negotiations, the Dutch finally recognized Indonesian independence at the end of 1949. The President of this new fledgling nation was a man by the name of Achmad Sukarno, and he would lead this nation through its revolution in 1945 up until 1967 when he was forced to resign. His reign was one of founding, which demeaned the idea of parliamentary democracy as inappropriate for the Indonesian people, and so he adopted a policy known as Guided democracy, a type of autocratic rule. But due to the diversity of both the people and radical differences of political parties within this new weak state and the uneven representation of political factions, this governmental system was doomed to fail. The instability of the new Indonesian government coupled with the attempts of Indonesia’s first president to pit different

Tepat pada tanggal 17 Agustus 1945, Indonesia berhasil memproklamasikan kemerdekaannya hanya 2 hari setelah Jepang menyerah kepada sekutu. Tetapi belum berhenti sampai disitu perjuangan bangsa Indonesia. Belanda kembali ingin menduduki Indonesia dan eksistensi republik kembali mendapat tantangan. Bagaimanakan Indonesia mengambil sikap dalam mengahadapi dinamika politik saat itu dan mengambil kebijakan atau keputusan yang berkaitan dengan hubungan antar negara dan dunia internasional ? Disinilah perang politik luar negeri dibutuhkan. Sebab politik luar negeri suatu negara merupakan suatu pola atau skema dari cara dan tujuan secara terbuka dan tersembunyi dalam aksi negara tertentu terhadap

Indonesia had suffered from sporadic political and social disruptions and the economic crisis was increasing the unrest. Additionally, the local inflationary forces would continue to narrow its cost advantage. So Indonesia may be a worse choice than China. Among the choices, China has the most stable policy environment and good market

The “pre need” services acted as an advantage, for people who would pay money today for their funeral services in the future. And since the funeral services have almost fixed expenses between today and the future, whatever money Loewen got from this option would be invested in securities and in insurance contracts, thus creating more value, or used as additional cash for day to day operations and investment in the company.

East Timor is a country surrounded by a picturesque and untouched landscape that has inhabited people for centuries. In today’s society however, East Timor has been economically left behind in comparison to other western world super powers. As the country attempts to rebuild its national identity following their separation from the Indonesia regime, certain obstacles threaten to stop their progress to become a developed nation.

This essay has analyzed the common policies that contributed to the Miracle as well as the contrasting policies between the HPAEs and its developing neighbors in Southeast Asia. It can be argued that a mixture of reasons as to why the developing economies struggled for decades stemmed from their fundamentally weak governmental structure, nepotism resulting in ineffective policies, and domestic conflicts led to their weakened economies. The historical context behind these nations cannot be ignored, and thus led to their struggle in implementing similar effective policies that successfully transformed its neighbors’ economies in East

This essay seeks to compare and contrast the political and economic leadership styles adopted by Lee Kuan Yew and Sukarno. PM Lee Kuan Yew was the first prime minister of Singapore and had turned Singapore from a poor fishing village into a bustling first world country, with world renowned airports and hotels, all through his clear vision as well as his economic policies during his governance from 1959-1990. On the other hand, Sukarno was the first president of Indonesia from the time period of 1945-1967. Sukarno was a prominent leader of Indonesia, who led Indonesia to its independence and created stability within his home country, ending various rebellions which threatened her. This essay will thus primarily focus on

In the past thirty years, globalization and market openness lead world to a better stage of wealth, however, it is inevitable that without government intervention this prosperity is concentrated in the hands of the small elite. The uneven of wealth distribution or the gap between the rich and the poor called economic inequality. This essay will argue that the government of Indonesia needs to introduce some policies to reduce economic inequality because economic inequality has no benefit at all, Indonesia is a democratic country which aims to improve public welfare, and Indonesia, with the rest of the world, wants to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In 2010, United States President, Barack Obama visited Indonesia and commented that Indonesia is an example of how a developing nation should embrace cultural diversity and democracy.

Since the completion of the internal strategy paper, our delegation has reviewed a publication written by Andy Rachmianto titled: “Indonesia’s Approach to Strategic Trade Controls: The Perspective of a Developing and Archipelagic Country.” In his paper, Rachmianto outlines the specifics of the Indonesian National Single Window (INSW), an important domestic policy our delegation hopes to promote during our Commission’s deliberations. The document’s clear language will strengthen our delegation’s ability to discuss issues of macroeconomic integration during conference.