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Asia & Pacific 1 year ago

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Indonesia collaboration beneficial for ASEAN: Singapore PM

Wong sat down with a few senior journalists to share how robust Indonesia-Singapore cooperation could impact the wider Southeast Asian region.

Opinion 6 years ago

To incoming ministers: Competitiveness requires change

Indonesia’s incoming team of economic ministers faces a clear, if daunting, task: increase Indonesia’s economic competitiveness in terms of enhanced domestic productivity and as a destination for foreign investment.

Business 6 years ago

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Lower competitiveness a second blow for Indonesia

The WEF report shows that Indonesia lags behind Singapore (first), Malaysia (27th) and Thailand (40th). At the same time, Vietnam soared 10 spots to rank 67th.

Business 6 years ago

Indonesia's competitiveness ranking drops 5 spots as Singapore tops list: WEF

Indonesia’s ranking in the World Economic Forum’s global competitiveness index dropped five places in 2019 to 50th out of 141 economies, while Singapore takes over the United States as the world’s most competitive country.

Business 7 years ago

Internal reforms sought to boost investment

Stakeholders are looking for domestic solutions to securing investments this year after global disruptions led to a weak inflow of foreign investment in 2018.

Opinion 8 years ago

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Foreign investment and Indonesia's weak human capital

Unfortunately, Indonesia will more likely be used as a target market, not as an export production base.

Opinion 9 years ago

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Understanding things we don't know about graft

According to the World Economic Forum’s 2016-2017 Global Competitiveness Report, the two most problematic factors for doing business in Indonesia were corruption and inefficient government bureaucracy.

Business 9 years ago

Disharmonious bureaucracy hampers deregulation effort: INDEF

A lack of coordination among government institutions is the main factor holding back the implementation of the deregulation policies launched recently by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo's administration.

National 9 years ago

Jokowi instructs local administrations to combat illegal levies

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has instructed local administrations to take concrete measures to combat illegal levies, highlighting that Indonesia has been too permissive of the economically harmful practice.

Business 9 years ago

Indonesia lags even further in competitiveness index

Indonesia’s inefficient labor market and poor information and communications technology (ICT) penetration are just some of the reasons Indonesia’s global competitiveness continues to nosedive.

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