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Financial inclusion helps lift people out of poverty and can help speed economic development. It can draw more women into the mainstream of economic activity, harnessing their contributions to society.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Women
People
Economic Development
Financial
Poverty
Society
Speed
Harnessing
Draw
Out
More
Economic
Economic Activity
Lift
Mainstream
Development
Contributions
Help
Helps
Inclusion
Activity
Women are often paid far less than men, while they also perform most of the world's unpaid care work.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Work
Women
World
Care
Men
Unpaid
Perform
Most
Also
Women Are
Than
Often
While
Far
Far Less
Paid
Less
I remember my first meeting with my management team when I became Indonesia's Minister of Finance. I was the youngest person and the first woman ever to hold that job. Everybody else in the room was male. I knew then that I had to work harder than any man to prove to them that I was capable.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Work
Finance
Man
Woman
Management
Remember
Job
First
Everybody
Everybody Else
Else
Meeting
Minister
Had
Knew
Indonesia
Became
Prove
Male
Than
Person
Management Team
Any
Hold
Room
Them
Capable
Then
Youngest
Team
Ever
Harder
It is rarely the quick fix that goes the farthest. So don't get tempted by political cycles and the lure of electoral wins.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Political
Rarely
Tempted
Wins
Quick
Fix
Get
Goes
Electoral
Cycles
Farthest
Lure
If managed well, urbanization can create enormous opportunities: allowing innovation and new ideas to emerge, saving energy, land and natural resources, managing climate and the risk of disasters.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Natural
Innovation
Opportunities
Energy
Enormous
Saving
Resources
Emerge
Risk
Allowing
New
Disasters
Ideas
Well
Climate
New Ideas
Managing
Land
Natural Resources
Create
China's urbanization supported the country's impressive growth and rapid economic transformation.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Country
Transformation
Rapid
Economic
Supported
Impressive
China
Growth
Urbanization has relied on land conversion and land financing, which is causing urban sprawl and, on occasion, ghost towns and waste.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Ghost
Financing
Towns
Occasion
Causing
Which
Conversion
Urban
Land
Waste
In many countries, laws still work to women's disadvantage - for example, by requiring married women to obtain their husbands' permission to register a business, own property, or work.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Work
Property
Business
Women
Example
Own
Married
Husbands
Laws
Disadvantage
Countries
For Example
Obtain
Permission
Still
Register
Requiring
Many
Paternalistic regulations often prohibit women from holding jobs in certain industries: In the Russian Federation, women cannot drive trucks in the agriculture sector; in Belarus, they cannot be carpenters; in Kazakhstan, they cannot be welders.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Women
Agriculture
Drive
Holding
Prohibit
Sector
Jobs
Russian
Federation
Trucks
Industries
Often
Cannot
Certain
Regulations
New leaders must also expect and manage setbacks. In post-revolutionary times, expectations are high, and the obstacles to meeting them are enormous.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Enormous
Meeting
High
Must
Leaders
New
Obstacles
Also
Times
Expect
Expectations
Manage
Them
Setbacks
Economic success without accountability and social inclusion is not sustainable, and new governments often must face tough choices in order to protect the poor and vulnerable.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Success
Face
Tough
Accountability
Must
Tough Choices
Economic
New
Protect
Vulnerable
Without
Governments
Often
Order
Sustainable
Social
Poor
Choices
Inclusion
Between 1995 and 2009, Western Europe's entrepreneurs created jobs faster than the U.S. did, and European economies exported more than the BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Eastern Europe's productivity increased more rapidly than East Asia's.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Brazil
Faster
Increased
East
Jobs
Rapidly
Eastern
India
Russia
More
Entrepreneurs
Between
Countries
Economies
Western
Than
Did
China
Asia
Created
Productivity
Europe
European
Asia can learn much from Europe. Trade could be made easier in Asia, and the conditions for doing business could be improved by reducing red tape. In this regard, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea have done better than the best in Europe.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Best
Business
Better
Made
Hong Kong
Easier
Could
Red
Red Tape
Singapore
Learn
Trade
Kong
Korea
Reducing
Doing
Tape
South
Conditions
South Korea
Than
Improved
Done
Regard
Asia
Much
Europe
Over time, Europeans have come to rely on governments to protect them from the rougher facets of private enterprise and to look after them in old age.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Time
Age
Old
Old Age
Enterprise
Facets
Rely
Over
Come
Look
Protect
Private
Private Enterprise
Governments
After
Them
Europeans
While prosperity and longevity arrive together, they cannot be treated the same. With greater wealth, people in Asia may not have to work as many hours as they do now. But living longer means they will have to work more years, not fewer.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Work
Together
People
Wealth
Prosperity
Will
Living
More
Longer
Longevity
Hours
Greater
Arrive
Years
Same
Fewer
May
Cannot
While
Asia
Means
Many
Now
Treated
I think the implications for the rise of China are huge in terms of the political landscape, economic balance, de-velopment thinking, and the environment.
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Balance
Political
Think
Thinking
Rise
Economic
Environment
Implications
Terms
Huge
China
Landscape
Let them say what they say. The truth is, I did not engage in corruption.
Suharto
Truth
Corruption
Truth Is
Say
Did
Them
Engage
They Say
I was born in Indonesia and will die in Indonesia.
Suharto
Will
Born
Indonesia
Die
I always remember the teachings of our ancestors: respect for God, teacher, government, and both parents. Even after I became president, I have not changed in this matter in the slightest. I hold these teachings in high esteem, and I believe in their truth.
Suharto
Truth
Teacher
God
Government
Respect
Remember
Matter
Parents
Believe
Changed
President
Our
Slightest
Ancestors
High
Both
Became
Always
Hold
After
Esteem
Teachings
Even
I have the view that if I am no longer a president, I am determined to become a sage in the sense that I will get closer to God, take care of the children so they can become good citizens, advise people, and guide the government from behind by using whatever I have to assist the country.
Suharto
God
Government
Good
People
Care
Will
Country
Become
Whatever
Sense
President
Guide
Citizens
Determined
Take
Take Care
Longer
Advise
Sage
Am
Get
Closer
Behind
Children
View
Good Citizens
Using
Assist
If we do not adhere firmly to the constitution, our governments will not last long and will change frequently.
Suharto
Change
Constitution
Will
Long
Our
Adhere
Firmly
Frequently
Governments
Last
If I have not decided to step down, it does not mean that I do not want to step down but because I want to ensure that my resignation will not affect the constitution, which must be implemented properly. This means that the Pancasila ideology and the 1945 Constitution will continue to be implemented.
Suharto
Constitution
Will
Ideology
Down
Ensure
Must
Properly
Step
Implemented
Because
Does
Affect
Continue
Want
Decided
Which
Mean
Means
Resignation
For the support and help from the people of Indonesia that I received during my leadership, I ask for forgiveness if there have been any mistakes or shortcomings. Hopefully the people of Indonesia will remain victorious based on Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution.
Suharto
Forgiveness
Leadership
Constitution
People
Will
Mistakes
Hopefully
Remain
Support
Indonesia
Been
Any
Shortcomings
Victorious
Ask
Help
Based
Received
The New Order wants to implement democracy in economy. It is an order to achieve a social, political, economic, and cultural society with Pancasila and Belief in God Almighty as our moral values.
Suharto
God
Democracy
Political
Achieve
Values
Society
Our
Moral
Moral Values
Economic
Almighty
Implement
New
Economy
Cultural
New Order
God Almighty
Order
Wants
Social
Belief
In the midst of conflict, I was pushed to step forward. There were groups who wanted to change our leadership immediately. Some tried to force me to take over, but I rejected them.
Suharto
Leadership
Me
Change
Conflict
Our
Immediately
Tried
Some
Take
Pushed
Step
Step Forward
Over
Force
Were
Wanted
Midst
Them
Who
Forward
Groups
Rejected
I would like here to announce to all Indonesian Muslims that I, as a private citizen, am prepared to take charge of the massive national effort of zakat collection... From now on, I am personally willing to receive zakat payments made in the form of money orders from every single Muslim in the country.
Suharto
Money
Citizen
Made
Country
Single
National
Every
Muslim
Willing
Charge
Muslims
Collection
Would
Take
Announce
Like
Massive
Am
Private
Private Citizen
Effort
Form
Orders
Personally
Payments
Prepared
Now
Receive
Here
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