Although not immune to the impact of the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98, Sulawesi emerged from the crisis stronger than other regions in Indonesia. Since 2000, Sulawesi’s economy has consistently grown at a higher rate than the overall Indonesian growth rate, and has emerged as the fastest growing region in Indonesia.Even during the global slowdown of 2008, Sulawesi still managed to achieve impressive growth of 9.4 percent, partially due to higher agricultural commodity prices, which became one of the main contributors to Sulawesi’s