Wahid returned to Jakarta expecting that in a year's time, he would be abroad again to study at McGill University in Canada. He kept himself busy by joining the Institute for Economic and Social Research, Education and Information (LP3ES), an organization which consisted of intellectuals with progressive Muslims and social-democratic views. LP3ES established the magazine "Prisma" and Wahid became one of the main contributors to the magazine. Whilst working as a contributor for LP3ES, he also conducted tours to "pesantren" and "madrasah" across Java. It was a time when "pesantren" were desperate to gain state funding by adopting state-endorsed curricula and Wahid was concerned that the traditional values of the "pesantren" were being damaged because of this change. He was also concerned with the poverty of the "pesantren" which he saw during his tours. At the same time as it was encouraging "pesantren" to adopt state-endorsed curricula, the Government was also encouraging "pesantren" as agents for change and to help assist the government in the economic development of Indonesia. It was at this time that Wahid finally decided to drop plans for overseas studies in favor of promoting the development of the "pesantren".