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Pandemic challenge lame duck8/26/2023 Indonesians are certainly recovering their optimism. Health goals to economic goals has sympathy in a country with a huge informal sector and, as Aswicahyono and Hill point out, social security programs that remain ‘modestly funded and not designed for a large-scale shutdown in economic activity’. But the fact is that Jokowi’s much-criticised subordination of Credit this in part to the uncompromising, frequently illiberal, attitude his government has taken towards political opponents. Indeed, they write, he ‘has if anything consolidated his political authority’ over the course of the pandemic. ![]() Part of the story is President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo’s seemingly unshakeable political dominance. This is in notable contrast to the country’s last major crisis … ’ say Aswicahyono and Hill. ‘Most important, the country has held together, the administrative and political apparatus has continued to function despite deep economic and social stresses. “Stability” in its various economic and political manifestations continues to be the cornerstone of political life’. It helps a great deal that Indonesia itself is in recovery mode after a tough two years in 20.Īs Haryo Aswicahyono and Hal Hill write in this week’s lead article, ‘notwithstanding the serious loss of life’ the country has suffered, ‘Indonesia has not been deeply scarred by the pandemic. One result is that inflation is back with a vengeance, and the prospect of interest rate hikes in the United States and other industrial countries in response makes it all the more important to use this year’s meetings to get the G20’s own Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) working properly. As recent Christmas shoppers will know, global supply chains are still in disarray. ![]() It’s time for accountability for broken promises on vaccine equity, and sustaining the recent momentum behind the COVAX initiative. The countries that manufacture the vaccines, the developing countries that need them, and the rich countries that can subsidise them all meet around the G20 table. ‘Recover Together, Recover Stronger’ is the slogan of Indonesia’s year in the chair, which will focus on ‘ensuring equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, promoting sustainable and inclusive economic development through the participation of small and medium-scale enterprises and digital economy’. What a relief, then, to see Indonesia bring the G20 back to its bread-and-butter global policy challenges as it takes over as its chair for 2022. Economics, Politics and Public Policy in East Asia and the PacificĪhead of the Rome G20 Summit in October 2021, the G20 looked like it was in danger of losing the plot.
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