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MEGAWATI SUKARNOPUTRI Daughter of Indonesia's first President ousted as opposition party head...
...hour and receive free meals and health care. While that amount seems like little more than slavery, it's roughly twice the country's minimum wage--if the factory owner abides by the rules. Nike, like most of the big American firms, does not own any factories in Indonesia; it hires Korean and Taiwanese-owned factories to supply footwear made to Nike specifications. The company has some 800 staff members in Asia whose responsibility includes factory inspection. Yet, says an industry source, "shoe factories are huge. There are 3,000 workers in there. Our inspectors try to manage...
MOST CORRUPT 1. Nigeria 2. Pakistan 3. Kenya 4. Bangladesh 5. China 6. Cameroon 7. Venezuela 8. Russia 9. India 10. Indonesia...
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...