[b]Indonesia must go beyond Paris Club

Indonesia must go beyond Paris Club to seek larger debt relief

To reach a rescheduling of Indonesia's foreign debt an independent arbitrator is needed, says Binny Buchori who coordinates the International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID). She spoke to The Jakarta Post's staff writer Riyadi Suparno.

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Demand for debt cuts will raise new problems

Demanding cuts in the repayment of foreign debts will affect Indonesia's reputation which will in turn make it more difficult for the country to look for new borrowing in the future, says Hadi Soesastro, executive director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

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Unresolved conflicts about Spratlys haunt the region

By Sylvia L. Mayuga

MANILA: As President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo refocuses the Philippines's relationship with our ASEAN neighbors, one wonders whether she has already taken notice of a vital input from the environmental community -- the concept of a trans-boundary biosphere reserve in the Spratlys.

If not, a well thought-out paper presented by Dr. Mike Fortes of the UP Marine Science Institute at a Unesco conference in Pamplona, Spain three years ago is well worth revisiting.