For its part, the international community must come forward in this time of Indonesia s greatest need with substantial increases in financial and technical assistance. With firm, consistent implementation of the reform program and adequate foreign financing, there are good prospects that Indonesia will return to sustained growth in the medium term. After all, thirty years of rapid growth have added significant strengths to the economy. The country has accumulated an impressive stock of human and physical capital. Agriculture and industry are well integrated with the global economy.
Savings rates are among the highest in the world.
And the economy possesses a rich natural resource base, a large domestic market, and an industrious, innovative, and educated people.