著者

林 陸雄 Rikuo Hayashi

出版者

桃山学院大学総合研究所

雑誌

桃山学院大学キリスト教論集 (ISSN:0286973X)

巻号頁・発行日

no.43, pp.133-168, 2007

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The economy of the Republic of Indonesia during the Suharto years,thanks to a series of five-year plans initiated by the government,developed steadily. Since the economic crisis of 1997, however, due to aninability to effectively combat the various crises that faced the country,domestic conditions have declined considerably, leading to a growth in thenumber of people living in poverty and an overall increase in humansuffering. Among the markers of poverty are under-nourishment, inabilityto attend school, and illiteracy. In this article we analyze those three markers, relying on data publishedby the Indonesian government's State Statistics Bureau, and on reportscarried in the monthly journals Kompas and Bali Post. In particular, wehave focused on the alarming problem of under-nourishment among theunder-fives, a problem that has come to the fore since mid-2005. This article is intended to be read in conjunction with our other article,"Tasks Currently Confronting Momoyama Gakuin University'sInternational Work Camp and the Camp's Future Prospects", whichappears elsewhere in this issue.