Managing expectations.

This section presents an interview with Indonesian Finance Minister Jusuf Anwar on his long-term goals for Indonesia. According to him, the key to alleviating poverty in the country is through education, heath, basic infrastructure and rural development, particularly agricultural development. His role in coordinating tsunami relief efforts includes the creation of a more conducive plan for business and create an investment climate. The success of the 100-day plan of the government is not judged by the critics but by international expectations. The credit rating of the country increased, the stock market reached unprecedented levels and the country has stabilized. The return of market confidence is because everyone sees the good trend of the plan. It is necessary to raise financing from the international capital markets. The country needs to alert everyone that it is functioning. The ministry will develop an international yield curve with benchmark issues to help the development of the local bond market. The policy of the ministry is to maintain a downward trend for the deficit and an upward trend for growth. According to Anwar, his goal to alleviate poverty in the region because it is its number one enemy.