With China and India seeing unprecedented growth over the past decade, global trade has increasingly pivoted towards Asia, putting ASEAN in a favourable position to capitalise on new regional opportunities. Official integration of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is set to have a dramatic impact on future trade growth, both within ASEAN and beyond. Indonesia’s population and economy are the...
Indonesia Economy Articles & Analysis
Chapter | Country Profile from The Report: Indonesia 2017
The Indonesian government is in the midst of pursuing an ambitious new growth strategy, emphasizing investment over domestic consumption as a primary growth driver in the wake of depressed commodity prices, lagging household consumption and lower-than-anticipated government revenues.
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Economic update | Indonesia Year in Review 2016
30 Jan 2017
Structural reforms coupled with solid macroeconomic fundamentals saw Indonesia continue its positive growth trajectory in 2016.
Articles & Analysis | The ASEAN Economic Community will offer new opportunities from The Report: Indonesia 2017
With China and India seeing unprecedented growth over the past decade, global trade has increasingly pivoted towards Asia, putting ASEAN in a favourable position to capitalise on new regional opportunities. Official integration of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is set to have a dramatic impact on future trade growth, both within ASEAN and...
Articles & Analysis | Elevating bilateral relations a key aim for Indonesia from The Report: Indonesia 2017
Since his first overseas trip as president in November 2014, to the APEC summit in Beijing, President Joko Widodo has taken a proactive role in strengthening and diversifying Indonesia’s bilateral relations. As the dominant political and economic power in ASEAN, Indonesia’s participation in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will have a...
Interviews & Viewpoints | John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand: Interview from The Report: Indonesia 2017
Considering their historic relationship, how can greater cooperation between New Zealand and ASEAN be encouraged?
Interviews & Viewpoints | Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, Vice-President, Republic of Indonesia: Interview from The Report: Indonesia 2017
What policy measures are needed to protect Indonesia from external macroeconomic shocks?
Articles & Analysis | A major year of reforms in store for Indonesia from The Report: Indonesia 2017
While the Republic of Indonesia is just over seven decades old in its current form, the South-east Asian nation of more than 17,000 islands has a much longer history under other names. The name Indonesia was first used in 1850 by British anthropologist James Richardson Logan in referring to the extensive group of islands that was known at the...