Indonesia Economy

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Chapter | Country Profile from The Report: Indonesia 2013

While the modern state of Indonesia only came into being after the Second World War, the islands’ history dates back much earlier: evidence of humanoid activity from 1.5m-1.6m years ago has been found on Java. Following the arrival of the Portuguese in the 16th century, the islands experienced European colonial rule until the Second World War. The country was occupied by the Japanese during the...

Chapter | The Guide from The Report: Indonesia 2012

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Chapter | Regions from The Report: Indonesia 2012

With some 17,500 islands tied into a single political system, a centralised unitary government has not proved adaptable to Indonesia’s geography or society. Decentralisation, which began in 1999 and devolved power to local administrative units, has seen both successes and failures, but should hopefully prove more stable in the long run. Critics see the programme as multiplying local bureaucracies...

Chapter | Economy from The Report: Indonesia 2012

Already the world’s 17th-largest economy with a nominal GDP of $768bn in 2010, Indonesia is one of the three fastest-growing economies in Asia. Authorities are working to use the country’s key competitive advantages to attract the long-term investment needed to realise their goal of becoming one of the top 10 economies by 2025. Growth was forecast to reach 6.3-6.5% for 2011. However, addressing...

Chapter | Country Profile from The Report: Indonesia 2012

Includes information about Indonesia’s geography, history, economy, government, foreign relations, population, language and culture.

An archipelago of over 17,500 islands, Indonesia is today the world’s fourth-largest country by population, at 245m. The astonishing diversity of ethnicities and cultures comes together in a democratic framework under the pancasila, or “five principles”: nationalism, humanitarianism, representative democracy, social welfare and monotheism

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