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  • 15 Oct 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Malaysia
    • European Union
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    The ripple effects of EU deforestation laws in Southeast Asia

    Mohd. Yunus
    The region's palm oil industry needs to move with the times. But meeting the challenges will take a group effort.
  • 22 Aug 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Australia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Trade

    Economic diplomacy: Playing defence with Prabowo

    Greg Earl
    New security cooperation with Indonesia does not make up for the slow progress in building fresh economic links.
  • 20 Aug 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Resource security

    Looking back at Jokowi’s decade of resource nationalism

    Eve Warburton
    How successful were the Indonesian president’s efforts to localise and industrialise the country’s natural commodities?
  • 1 Aug 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Migration

    Nationalism vs globalism: Making the case for Indonesian dual citizenship

    Alldo Fellix Januardy , Agata Jacqueline Paramesvari
    A lack of rights for Indonesians living and working abroad means they cannot truly be citizens of the world.
  • 22 Mar 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Australia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China-Australia Relations

    Australia confronts an Indonesian nickel glut

    Henry Storey
    Competition over strategic commodities may increasingly define the economic relationship between the two producers.
  • 14 Feb 2024
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy

    Indonesians abroad exercise their right to vote

    Hilman Palaon
    Hopes for dual citizenship and promoting positive diplomatic relations with Australia is on the mind of the diaspora.
  • 30 Nov 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy

    Indonesia: The high cost of high-speed rail

    Neta Cynara Anggina
    A first for Southeast Asia is worth celebrating. But infrastructure spending still must prove itself effective.
  • 27 Oct 2023
    • Aid & Development
    • China – Belt and Road Initiative
    • Development Assistance
    • Emerging Donors
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy

    Geopolitics and the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway

    Teesta Prakash , Jack Sato
    Has the bullet train project strained the once tight relationship between Indonesia and China?
  • 17 Oct 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy

    Indonesia and its bid for OECD membership

    Retno Maruti , Andriansyah
    The benefits outweigh the costs for one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic emerging economies to join the “club”.
  • 11 Oct 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Energy
    • Trade

    Indonesia’s “golden visa” pitch to big-wheel investors

    Warief Djajanto Basorie
    The President has a downstreaming vision and needs long-term capital to make it reality.
  • 3 Jul 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Australia
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Jokowi’s visit to Australia is about much more than electric vehicles

    Hilman Palaon
    The President has a roadmap for economic success that could also set bilateral relations on the right path.
  • 20 Mar 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Energy
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Indonesia’s nickel superhighway

    Ronald Eberhard Tundang
    There are vast opportunities to build new industries when you’re sitting on the globe’s largest reserve of rare earth.
  • 20 Feb 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Trade
    • WTO

    Indonesia’s uncertain climb up the nickel value chain

    Kyunghoon Kim
    Demand for EVs is driving domestic and foreign direct investment in the country’s minerals sector. But caution is needed.
  • 21 Sep 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Climate change

    Making sense of Indonesia’s fuel riots

    Eduard Lazarus
    Cutting subsidies is a step in the right direction, but a more robust social safety net is ultimately a better fix.
  • 27 Jul 2022
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Indonesia

    The Indonesia Investment Authority: Jokowi’s trouble-shooter?

    Kyunghoon Kim
    Jakarta’s sovereign wealth fund offers investors an attractive way into the country’s booming infrastructure sector.
  • 19 Nov 2021
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Indonesia

    The true challenge to Indonesia’s large informal economy

    Johannes Nugroho
    The President’s promise to empower women’s enterprises will mean little unless the scourge of corruption is also curbed.
  • 16 Nov 2020
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Australia
    • Indonesia
    • Coronavirus

    Putting real Australian money on the table to help Indonesia

    Roland Rajah
    An outright loan for A$1.5 billion won’t meet all Indonesia’s needs – but it’s a very welcome start.
  • 17 Sep 2020
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Indonesia
    • Coronavirus

    Covid-19 and Indonesian monetary policy

    Stephen Grenville , Roland Rajah
    Funding the deficit is a necessary short-term measure, but “free money” can lead down a dangerous path.
  • 10 Sep 2020
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • India's Economy
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Australia's Economy
    • Coronavirus

    Economic diplomacy: Borders, barriers and obstacles

    Greg Earl
    Reshoring incentives gather steam, India’s RCEP regrets sink in, and Indonesia’s stimulus spending gets stuck.
  • 15 Apr 2020
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Australia
    • Indonesia
    • Coronavirus

    Australia should offer Indonesia crisis insurance ­– quickly

    Roland Rajah
    With little to no cost at home, a multi-billion “standby” loan will help restore economic confidence in a big neighbour.
  • 12 Sep 2019
    • Asia
    • China's Economy
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Japan's Economy

    Economic diplomacy: Indonesian trade, ADB v BRI and Chinese money

    Greg Earl
    Indonesia’s economic growth might not be spectacular, but it is the world’s most stable – and that helps Australia.
  • 26 Sep 2018
    • Indonesia's Economy

    Sliding rupiah causes Jakarta jitters

    Roland Rajah
    Is Indonesia really at risk of “contagion”?
  • 7 Dec 2017
    • Global Economy
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Australia's Economy
    • Indonesia

    The ill-advised rush for Australia to strike a trade deal with Indonesia

    Matthew Busch
    An arbitrary end of year deadline looms, yet comments by Indonesian officials should give Australian negotiators pause.
  • 31 Aug 2017
    • Global Economy
    • Indonesia's Economy

    Addressing global capital flows

    Stephen Grenville
    It’s time for the IMF to develop some operational guidelines for capital-flow management for emerging economies.
  • 8 Aug 2017
    • Indonesia's Economy

    Indonesia: ‘Twin deficits’ still a brake on high growth ambitions

    Roland Rajah
    The current account and fiscal deficits played a key role in the growth deceleration that started a few years ago and have so far only been partially unwound.
  • 9 May 2017
    • Indonesia's Economy

    Indonesian prosperity needs certainty on resource regulation

    Ben Bland
    Only regulatory certainty will ensure that Indonesia's resources are ‘used for the greatest possible prosperity of the people’.
  • 5 Apr 2017
    • Indonesia's Economy

    Credit rating agency caution retards Indonesian growth

    Stephen Grenville
    S&P's ranking of Indonesia is out of line with other similar countries that have investment-grade status including India, the Philippines and South Africa.
  • 30 Nov 2016
    • Asia
    • Global Economy
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Trade and Investment in the Asia Pacific

    Indonesia considers trade options post TPP

    Retno Maruti
    The Indonesian government is also trying to increase trade diplomacy with partner countries through bilateral agreements.

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