and that's the best message that i've heard these days >>: and we meet with anies baswedan one of wef's young global leaders for 2009, and one of indonesia's most respected thinkers. >>: in the context of indonesia, islam and democracy is walking hand in hand. >>: and in the third part of our series on egypt -the obama effect - how the country is investing in itself for the future. >>: we are adding to our power grid network every year the equivalent of what the aswan high dam did to egypt - every year. >>abirached: hello and welcome. i'm raya abirached and this is world business, your weekly insight into the global business trends shaping our lives. it's almost a cliche, but in the world of business, all eyes are on the east as asia, led by a bullish china, delivers growth, while the developed world flounders.but is this just a temporary blip, or are we witnessing a structural shift in the global economy, and will this boom in the east prove a boon for central asia. world business got the opinion on the ground from the world economic forum in dalian. >>reporter: among the great and goo

of the islamist and other parties after the election indicates a commitment to democracy, says anies baswedan, a scholar of political islam. >> we have around 40 parties. only nine were able to gain seats in the house, yet we don't see significant problems from supporters who are not having their parties in the house. acceptance to political result, democratic result, is very important. >> reporter: he says indonesians, especially the 14% who survive on less than a dollar a day, have much more pragmatic concerns: food prices, the economy in general, and corruption. even voters who'd like to impose stricter islamic law or sharia. >> from what i understand about islamic states, the people live in prosperity, and the law is enforced very strictly. those who steal, those who are corrupt, they cut off their hand, rather than here, where people who can bribe judges and police get away with things. >> reporter: yet marta, who like many indonesians uses just one name, voted for the secular president. so did his neighbor, samsuddin, who praises a government initiative that's helped the poor. >> ( tran