Adapting to climate change : the case of rice in Indonesia

There is increasing interest in climate change issues in Indonesia particularly in the lead-up to the COP13 or Copenhagen meeting in Bali in December 2007 when there was renewed focus on Indonesia as the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the world due to deforestation, peat-land degradation, and forest fires. In Indonesia, the agriculture sector employs the largest share, 45 percent, of Indonesia's labor and contributes the second largest share, 17.5 percent, of gross domestic product (GDP).

Poverty is a largely rural phenomenon. In 2002, 61 percent of the poor earned their livelihood in the agricultural sector while 63 percent of Indonesia's poor population resided in rural areas.

Strategic and Operational Management of Assets by Public Sector Entities

Asset management is an essential component of good governance in both the public and private sectors, and should be aligned to, and integrated with, an entity's strategic, corporate and financial planning.

For entities which manage large asset holdings, a well-structured, practical asset management framework can assist in providing clarity for stakeholders as to the linkages between asset levels and the outcomes expected of the entity, and thus aid decisions on asset management.

Indonesia is Losing Ground

“‘Well, in OUR country,’ said Alice, still panting a little, ‘you'd generally get to somewhere else—if you ran very fast for a long time, as we've been doing.’

“‘A slow sort of country!' said the Queen. ‘Bow, HERE, you see, it takes all the running YOU can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!’”

Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

Like Alice in the Red Queen’s race, countries attempting to boost their competitiveness at a time of rapid economic change often find that they have to run as fast as they can simply to stay in the same place. Indonesia is changing, but many of the dynamic economies of East Asia are changing faster. Indonesia is losing ground to China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, India and the Philippines in foreign direct investment flows, manufacturing, infrastructure and education. The only sector in which Indonesia is more internationally integrated than its peers is finance, but economists are divided as to whether early financial market integration is a good thing for development (Kose et al. 2006). Despite some progress, Indonesia’s basic social indicators still lag behind other middle income countries.

Definisi Stabilitas Sistem Keuangan

Stabilitas Sistem Keuangan (SSK) sebenarnya belum memiliki definisi baku yang telah diterima secara internasional. Oleh karena itu, muncul beberapa definisi mengenai SSK yang pada intinya mengatakan bahwa suatu sistem keuangan memasuki tahap tidak stabil pada saat sistem tersebut telah membahayakan dan menghambat kegiatan ekonomi. Di bawah ini dikutip beberapa definisi SSK yang diambil dari berbagai sumber:

Millennium Development Goals

Millennium Development Goals atau disingkat dalam bahasa Inggris MDGs, adalah delapan tujuan yang diupayakan untuk dicapai pada tahun 2015 merupakan tantangan tantangan utama dalam pembangunan diseluruh dunia. Tantangan-tantangan ini sendiri diambil dari seluruh tindakan dan target yang dijabarkan dalam Deklarasi Milenium yang diadopsi oleh 189 negara dan ditandatangani oleh 147 kepala pemerintahan dan kepala negara pada saat Konferensi Tingkat Tinggi (KTT) Milenium di New York pada bulan September 2000.

Perlu Merubah Siklus Anggaran

Demikian yang dikatakan Anggota DPR-RI Komisi XI Drs, Laurens Bahang Dama pada acara audance dengan Mahasiswa Ilmu pemerintahan Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY) pada Senin, (14/06).

Menurut Laurens, selama ini penyerapan anggaran kita cenderung lamban. Hal ini disebabkan oleh penetapan siklus anggaran waktunya terlalu lamban dan mepet. Akibatnya proses tender yang dilakukan oleh kementerian/lembaga (K/L) pun agak lambat.