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...HIID's greatest long-term success story comes from its efforts in Indonesia, Romer says. The institute has been working in the Pacific Rim nation since the 1960s and has seen a dramatic turnaround in Indonesia's economic infrastructure...
...HIID has helped Indonesia with agricultural and urban development, small loans for businesses, tax reform, education and public health initiatives. Staff members have served as consultants to the Indonesian government, working closely with key policy-makers, Romer says...
According to Sachs, the results have been impressive. Among developing nations, Indonesia is among those with the greatest reduction of poverty and fastest growing literacy and education rates. At least partially as a result of HIID's work, the nation has seen an increase in life expectancy, massive internal market reform and sweeping changes to its tax code...
...HIID also often works internationally on specific cross-border issues such as environmental cleanup and preservation. Theodore Panayotou, an 11-year veteran of HIID who specializes in economic and environmental issues, says he has recently been working to coordinate carbon gas emission policies between the United States and certain South American countries...
With some of its projects, including its Indonesian study, HIID has enjoyed the long-term support of the government and has helped to promote renewal in the nation. In other places, however, shifting politics, often exacerbated by short-term economic difficulties, haa meant that much of HIID's advice goes unheeded, Romer says...