TheJakartaPost

Please Update your browser

Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.

LOG IN / REGISTER

LOG IN

Don’t have an account? Register here Give your organization full access to The Jakarta Post. Register here

foreign-direct-investment

Business 5 years ago

Govt expects deliberations on job creation omnibus bill to finish in August

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is pushing the omnibus bill’s deliberation with the aim of cutting red tape and spur investment into the country.

Business 5 years ago

BKPM chief pledges to assist investments worth Rp 300 trillion as pandemic deals blow

The BKPM also decided to revise down its annual investment realization target to Rp 817 trillion, almost 8 percent lower than its original target of Rp 886.1 trillion.

Business 6 years ago

Guide to omnibus bill on job creation: 1,028 pages in 10 minutes

The omnibus bill on job creation would amend 73 laws and consists of 15 chapters and 174 articles. The government and businesspeople consider Indonesia to be over-regulated with a total of 43,511 central government regulations as well as ministerial-, agency- and regional-level rules.

Editorial 6 years ago

Politically sustainable FDI

The omnibus bill is designed to remove inefﬁcient bureaucracy, opaque regulations, complex procedures and high transaction costs that undermine business competitiveness.

Business 6 years ago

Foreign investment rules may be issued before omnibus laws: Senior minister

Airlangga said the priority list would allow certain business sectors to get fiscal incentives such as tax holidays and super tax deductions.

Business 6 years ago

West Java's economy going strong but must keep eye on inflation, governor warns

Many believe the high inflation rate could scare off investors, as inflation erodes the value of investment returns over time, prompting investors to shift their money to markets with lower inflation rates.

Business 6 years ago

PREMIUM
Reforms may jeopardize Indonesia’s role in global value chains: World Bank

According to the Bank’s World Development Report 2020, some countries weaken social and environmental safeguards to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) but thereby reduce their role in global value chains (GVCs).