Financial Flows and the Environmental Strategy in Indonesia in the 1990s

Examination of the rises and falls in international public financial flows to Indonesia; the re-emergence of the International Monetary Fund as a major investor in the economy; and a proposed agenda for Indonesia's environmental movement. Suggests that the environmental advocacy community exploit the resurgence of the World Bank and IMF's influence to press the Indonesian Government to make "good governance" reforms. Asserts that World Bank/IMF efforts to address corruption and collusion will also further environmental protection. As the case of the Indonesian forest fires this past year demonstrated, corruption allows corporate actors to continue their environmentally destructive practices without accountability to the government or to civil society. [author]