Ambassador of Indonesia to Spain (Embassy of Indonesia to Spain)

The Minister of Finance of Indonesia Mr. Agus Martowardojo recently stated that the economy of the country may grow by 6,1% to 6,4% next year 2011 supported by domestic consumption and investment. How was the economy of the country affected by the recent global recession?

In 1997 the financial recession affected Indonesia badly but after that we managed to restructure the economy. That is the reason why when this global recession started we knew how to deal with it.

Also, one has to realize that we have a very big internal market with a population of 235 million people which means we are not very dependent on our ...