WB grant for RI judiciary

WB grant for RI judiciary

JAKARTA (JP): The Washington-based World Bank has approved a
US$500,000 grant for Indonesia to help develop its economic legal
system, including institutions and human resources, over the next
five years.

"The grant will be directly provided by one of the World
Bank's institutional affiliates in January," assistant for the
development of law to the State Minister for National Development
Planning, Sutadi Djajakusuma, told reporters here yesterday.

He said the grant will likely be followed by loans from the
World Bank, after the National Development Planning Board
(Bappenas) completes its initial study on law-related projects.

"We will finish the initial study in two years from January
next year," he said.

During a 10-day discussion with World Bank executives, from
Nov. 30, the organization gave a green light to financing the law
projects, including the training of judges, prosecutors and
police officers, and the development of existing legal
institutions for improving Indonesia's economic laws and various
legal systems, Sutadi said.

Ajay Chibber, the World Bank's head of the operation division
for Eastern Asia and the Pacific, told The Jakarta Post that the
organization is committed to helping improve law projects,
considering that Indonesia has shown impressive progress in
economic development.

"Indonesia is doing very well on the economic fund and we
support major objectives of the country's development plans,
including the legal system," he said. (fhp)