How can the Indonesian defence industry capitalise on the current economic environment?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Purnomo Yusgiantoro, Minister of Defence from The Report: Indonesia 2013
Articles & Analysis | Going strong: The shift toward higher-value-added activities is creating new challenges as well as prospects from The Report: Indonesia 2013
The economy is surging ahead, and as it expands authorities are seeking to make the transition from low-cost production and supplying raw materials to more advanced nations to a high-value-added manufacturing industry. It will not be easy, for as wages rise and investments are made, some companies, or entire industries, will be left behind. National...
Articles & Analysis | Ensuring quality: As the country begins reducing tariffs, the government is looking for the means to both liberalise and maintain competitiveness from The Report: Indonesia 2013
The country has pursued openness for years, lowering tariffs and working to follow the letter and spirit of its World Trade Organisation (WTO) commitments. Until the mid-1980s, the country had charted a protectionist course, which was successful and was followed in 1985 by a period of aggressive liberalisation. The tariff rate (simple mean, most...
Articles & Analysis | Clearing the air: Moves to curb smoking are leading to further challenges for the tobacco industry from The Report: Indonesia 2013
In Indonesia cigarettes are about much more than smoking. Like everywhere, the product is also about tax, revenue, business and health. It is relevant and important to many aspects of society and the economy. But in Indonesia, tobacco also has some fairly serious political and ultimately nationalistic aspects not often found elsewhere. Its sale and...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Vismay Sharma, President Director, L’Oréal Indonesia: Interview from The Report: Indonesia 2013
What are the main factors that prompted L’Oréal to build its largest factory in Indonesia?
Stretching over 17,500 islands and home to around 245m people, Indonesia is a vast, diverse nation with a rapidly growing economy, extensive natural resources and a range of sectors ripe for investment. By far the largest country in ASEAN in terms of both population and area, Indonesia is responsible for one-third of the 10-nation bloc’s total GDP.