Takeoff or Self-Sufficiency? Ideologies of Development in Indonesia, 1957-1961

摘要

In June 1958, the Indonesian minister of public works, Dr. Mo- hammed Noor, sent a memo to James Baird, director of the U.S. International Cooperation Administration (ICA) mission in Iundone- sia, requesting a loan to buy tractors for major Indonesian land development project. The memo contained the following remark- Able passage: The [Indonesian] cabinet, in its efforts to increase agriculture Production is making extensive plans to bring new lands into Production and need mechanical equipment.