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View all search resultsIndonesia steps up as global development donor landscape shifts
The global development landscape faces growing uncertainty, particularly following the United States’ announcement that it will dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID). A Foreign Ministry official said Indonesia, while still a developing country, sees this as an opportunity to expand its role as a development partner.
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The Foreign Ministry’s director of international cooperation, Rina Setyawati (second left), speaks during a discussion on July 3, 2025, at the Indonesian International Islamic University’s (UIII) campus in Depok, West Java. Rina was joined by Philips J. Vermonte, the university’s dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Anshory Yusuf (second right) of Padjadjaran University’s SDG Center and Andy Sumner (right) of King’s College London. The discussion was hosted by UIII and the newly launched Indonesian Institute for Foreign Affairs (IIFA). (UIII/-)
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s traditional donor countries pull back from global development cooperation, Indonesia is stepping in with renewed commitment and alternative models aimed at strengthening global collaboration.
The global development landscape faces increasing uncertainty, particularly following the formal dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) by the United States.
A Foreign Ministry official said Indonesia, while still a developing country, sees this as an opportunity to expand its role as a development partner.
Rina Setyawati, director for international development cooperation at the Foreign Ministry, said that with collective responses to global development in decline, Indonesia could no longer remain a passive recipient.
“We have become a proactive player,” she said, citing the country’s growing role in offering development support.
She highlighted the establishment of the Indonesian Agency for International Development (Indonesia AID) in 2019 as a milestone in building a cooperation ecosystem.
“We offer more than grants, not only money. [We offer] partnership, empathy and grounded solutions,” Rina said during a discussion hosted last week by the Indonesian International Islamic University (UIII) and the newly launched Indonesian Institute for Foreign Affairs (IIFA).
