Politics

U.S. provides $2.4m grant for RI democracy

JAKARTA -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has extended a bilateral grant of US$2.4 million to help develop democracy in Indonesia. Komara Jaya, the deputy to the top economic minister, and USAID director William Frej signed a document on the grant during a ceremony earlier in the day. The U.S. was the largest donor to the Indonesian general elections this year, extending $25 million toward the legislative and two-round presidential elections. USAID channels $160 million to Indonesia annually to help develop projects on reform, economic and energy reform, decentralization, environmental management and health care. Posted by Editor at September 23, 2004 08:02 AM