Not only only have I been asked by readers, as well as friends, on how Indonesia’s position is in this global economic turmoil. I answered to that question swiftly, “I do not know, dudes!” But, those highly-educated economists in Asian Development Bank (ADB) know it well. I got this from their website. It describes Asian prominent economies comparing last year, this year, and next year.
|
Country |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
China |
9 |
7 |
8 |
|
India |
7.1 |
5 |
6.5 |
|
Vietnam |
6.2 |
4.5 |
6.5 |
|
Indonesia |
6.2 |
3.6 |
5 |
|
Philippines |
4.6 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
|
Malaysia |
4.6 |
-2 |
4.4 |
|
Hongkong |
2.5 |
-2 |
3 |
|
Thailand |
2.6 |
-2 |
3 |
|
South Korea |
2.5 |
-3 |
4 |
|
Taiwan |
0.1 |
-4 |
2.4 |
|
Singapore |
1.1 |
-5 |
3.5 |
As we can see, our position is not really bad in this year (I sorted decently only in 2009). For my fellow Indonesians who have been worried about Vietnam: Do not worry, they’ll simply saturate anytime soon.
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