Indonesia

With impressive and consistent economic growth, a rapidly expanding domestic market, a growing middle class and abundant natural resources, Indonesia is becoming a political and economic powerhouse in South-east Asia, and around the world. Opportunities abound for Canada to play a part in Indonesia’s incredible success story. Sixty years ago,...

Amidst the global economic uncertainties of late 2011, Indonesia’s fundamentals are relatively sound. Its foreign currency reserves had surged to $113.9bn as of October 2011, the Jakarta Composite Index is becoming more robust, the rupiah is fairly stable and exports are soaring. The economy registered growth of 6.5% during the third quarter of...

The need to sustain economic growth and further improve living standards in a resource-constrained environment is the key challenge facing the world in the next few decades. Resource-rich countries such as Indonesia will face specific challenges to reconcile required changes in land-use and energy intensity, while maintaining economic growth,...

Indonesia is often described as having undergone a “big bang” decentralisation process. This view points to the unfinished agenda of Indonesia’s decentralisation architecture. But it hides more than it reveals. In fact, decentralisation was but a single act in the unfolding drama of Indonesia’s systemic transition.