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  • Essay / Indonesia - 1774

    BackgroundIndonesia is one of the countries in Southeast Asia with the largest land area and largest population in the region. As the third largest democratic country and home to the world's largest Muslim population, they have faced countless turbulent negative issues including: government corruption, poverty alleviation, elimination of terrorism, the consolidation of democracy after decades of authoritarianism, human rights violations, etc. Based on Transparency International, they ranked Indonesia 111th out of 180 countries in 2009, accompanied by Mali and Togo, which have a Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of 2.8 (International Transparency, 2009 ).DemographicIndonesia is the 4th in terms of population with 240 million inhabitants. , behind China, India and the United States. Additionally, the population growth rate in 2010 is 1.136%, which places it 117th in the world (CIA, Word Factbook). Despite the powerful family planning program implemented since the 1960s, the population is expected to reach 254 million by 2020 and will reach 288 million in 2050 (United Union, 2009). The largest ethnic group in Indonesia is the Javanese, who make up 40.6% of the total population (CIA Factbook). Due to their significant presence in society, the Javanese have prevailed in the cultural and political game. For this reason, the majority of the population is Muslim (86.1%) and followed by Protestants (5.7%) (CIA, CIA Factbook).EconomicIn Indonesia, the current general picture of economic development is stable and they have achieved a tremendous optimization in GDP Growth with the depreciation of the debt/GDP ratio from 28.3% (2008) to 27.4% (2009) (CIA, Word Factbook). In fiscal year 2009, Indonesia's GDP (purchase...... middle of paper .....the number of electoral districts (constituency magnitude); apply threshold for seats in parliament (parliamentary threshold); simplify the number of factions in parliament by strengthening the conditions for forming a faction (factional threshold), as well as developing regulations aimed at the formation of two political blocs (partisans and opposition)” (Yuda , 2010). a massive workforce and well-stocked natural resources. However, to achieve sustainable growth, they must remove all obstacles such as poverty and government corruption, which have held them back for years, and must stimulate the government coalition in Parliament and reinvigorate the practice of human rights in society..