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Pointers for the rice shortage, in several countries, especially in Asean: World price of rice increase continously, and had force countries to reduce their imported rice. For example, Malaysia had imported about 300,000 tonnes of rice in the past four months, since January 2008, that is 40% reduction of the common level of imported rice. Private millers (control 55% of local rice market in Malaysia) may have reduced their production in expectation that local price may also increase significantly.

By: F.J. Putuhena and Agus S. Kusmulyono Abstract The Government of Indonesia (GoI), since the monitory crisis in 1997, has been dealing with institutional reforms, aiming at sustainable development and an effective, efficient, and accountable Government. The main objective is to change the Government from “provider” of goods and services to “enabler” the community to mobilize its own capacity for solving problems. In this case is to increase the role of the community in development and operation of irrigation schemes. The second objective is to decentralize the Government decisions and finances to provinces and districts (kabupatens), which enacted in two laws (UU 22 and 25) in 1999. The Capacity Development undertaking is the first phase of three phase’s long-term program under the World Bank’s Adjustable Program Loan (APL) that is going to be separately appraised. Progress to the subsequent phase is conditional on the Borrower having completed the agreed institutional and poli...