Thursday, 11 March 2010
Conference Paper:
Regional Conference of the Network of Social Democracy in Asia
November 19-22, 2009, Penang, Malaysia
Conference Summary by Norbert von Hofmann
Conference Paper: Public Transportation – The Way to Go by Lim Mah Hui
Conference Paper: Social Protection by Maris dela Cruz
“Responding to the Global Financial crisis: Can ASEAN get its act together?”, by: Christopher Ng
“Lessons from Thailand for the States in Asia and South-East Asia in the contemporary economic crisis and prospecting for a sustainability of social democracy?”, by: Dr. Chokchai Suttawet
“Direction and Ambivalence in the Local Governance Work of Akbayan”, by: Jude Esguerra
“The Bundes-SGK”Social Democratic Association for Local Government, by: Peter Hamon
“The World Crisis in Latin America. A test for the Left-Wing Governments”, by: José Natanson
“Reshaping the System – Proposals to address the global economic crisis”, by: Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel
“The Global Economic Recession–Challenges and Opportunities for a New Social Agenda in Asia“, by Ursula Schaefer-Preuss
Election and Economic Depression
by Martin Manurung
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 Intenational 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 proverty, 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 about the situation in Indonesia, the economic depression and change.
