INDONESIA

By:

MARLO VALERIO MERCADO

POPULATION
TRENDS
• Government has embarked
on programs designed to
influence its demographic
structure
• Between 1980 and 2001, the
population of Indonesia
grew 46%, from 147 million
to 215 million.
• This made it the fourth most
populous country in the
world (after China, India,
and the United States) in
2001.
 Politics
The President and Vice President of Indonesia

In Indonesia, the president and vice president can be in office for a

limit of two five year terms.

Since 2004, which is when Indonesia became a republic, the

president of Indonesia is elected by the people. Before 2004, the
president and vice president were chosen by the People’s
Assembly who are made up by all 550 members of the People’s
Representative Council, 130 regional representatives, and 65
appointed members from societal groups(They make up the
legislative branch).

The current president of Indonesia is Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

and the current vice president of commander in chief, and he’s
responsible for domestic governance, policy making, and foreign
affairs. Lastly, the Judicial branch is made up by the Indonesian
Supreme Court and its judges are appointed by the president.
GDP: $433 billion; (2008 est.): $500 billion.
Annual growth rate: 6.3%; (2008 est.): 6.1%.
Inflation: 6.6%; (2008 est.): 11.5-12.5% (end-period).
Per capita income (2007): $3,700 (est., PPP).
Natural resources (11.1% of GDP): Oil and gas, bauxite,
silver, tin, copper, gold, coal.
Agriculture (13.8% of GDP): Products--timber, rubber, rice,
palm oil, coffee.
Manufacturing (27% of GDP): Garments, footwear,
electronic goods, furniture, paper products.
Trade: Exports (2007)--$118.1 billion including oil, natural
gas, appliances, textiles
Unemployment rate:9.7%
Population under poverty line:17.8%
 ECONOMY
Oil and natural gas are
Indonesia's most valuable
natural resources and have long
been its major source of export
revenue

In natural-resource potential,

Indonesia is one of the
wealthiest countries in the
world
Rice is the major crop; cassava,
corn, yams, soybeans, peanuts,
and fruit are also grown
 Primarily a supplier of raw materials, the country began to
industrialize and developed rapidly in the 1990s. The
industrial sector includes the manufacture of textiles, cement,
chemical fertilizers, electronics, rubber tires, and clothing and
shoes (much of them for the U.S. market)

Indonesia is one of the

world's major rubber producers

Indonesia is a major
exporter of timber, accounting
for nearly half of the world's
tropical hardwood trade.
The government
has also promoted
tourism, and Bali is
a popular tourist
destination.
Indonesia has
attracted increased
foreign investment
in recent years, but
corruption is
widespread
The purpose of the Ministry of
Economic affairs
• The ministry of economic
affairs deals with the wealth and
growth of Indonesia. There are
158 state-owned enterprises,
and the government administers
• prices on several basic goods,
including fuel, rice, and
electricity which plays a
significant role. The current
minister of Economic Affairs is
Sri Mulyani Indrawati .
 The results of Economic
Affairs.
After the financial crisis of 1997 Indonesia has
improved their financial issues. Indonesia had
growth of 6.6% from 2004-2009 to reduce
unemployment and poverty, since then it has been
improving. Indonesia's exports grew to a record
$118 billion in 2007, an increase of 14% from 2006.
The largest export commodities for 2007 were oil
and gas minerals ,electrical appliances , rubber
products , and textiles .
The top four destinations for exports for 2007 were Japan
, the U.S. , Singapore , and China. Meanwhile, total
imports rose 15% to $84 billion in 2007. The U.S. trade
deficit with Indonesia increased 1.9% in 2007 to $10.1
billion ($4.2 billion in exports versus $14.3 billion in
imports).
The status of women in
Indonesia is lower than
men.

Ten years ago women

had significantly lower
rates of literacy and not as
many
opportunities for basic
education

Many urban women are

now educated and able to
work outside the home .
the wage that women
receive is lower than that
given for men.
 10 Year Plan For Indonesia
• Strengthen the prevention against illegal logging of Indonesia’s f
forests as it is by far one of the most beneficial resources the
people of Indonesia have.

• Invest a substantial amount of the money that Indonesia gets from

trade into the education system enforcing the plan that every
child in Indonesia, boy or girl gets primary, secondary and
tertiary levels of education. This will definitely increase the amount
of women in the work force, eventually gaining an equal amount
of respect.

• Prostitution and Human Trafficking are huge problems in

Indonesia, however the only thing that can be done to deal with
these problems are to strengthen the police force, and it is
currently known that the Indonesian police force is lowering its
corruption level.

• Basically, Indonesia has all the resources, and the plans for the
future going in the right way. The only thing needed is to secure
their prosperous future and with it’s recent boost in economy and the
nation’s optimism, this can be done easily.
 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
The deforestation that Illegal logging of
results from Indonesia
unregulated logging has forest is
been closely linked one of the largest
with floods problems facing
and landslides. the country.
Air pollution
Indonesia's
imposes
water quality
costs of at least
is deteriorating.
One of the most serious
$400 million
problems is the lack of on the
sewerage Systems in Indonesian economy
urban areas. every year.