One of the largest and most vibrant democracies, as well as the biggest majority-Muslim country, Indonesia today is also among the world’s most dynamic economies. Indeed, with GDP growth at over 6% every year since 2009 – and with per capita income levels doubling in the past five years – Indonesia is fast becoming a magnet for international...
The name Indonesia dates back to the 18th century, and it derives from the Latin and Greek Indus, and the Greek nèsos, meaning “island”. Early settlers arrived in the country around 2000 BCE, when the Austronesian peoples started to migrate to this region from Taiwan. They already showed well-honed maritime skills, as the...
With the largest population and largest land area of any nation in ASEAN, Indonesia is also responsible for around one-third of the 10-nation bloc’s GDP. It also has a key location within the ASEAN geography, straddling the east-west extent of the association’s boundaries, sharing land borders with Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and East Timor, and...
The year 2015 is set to mark a watershed in regional affairs, as Indonesia, along with its neighbours in ASEAN, form the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). This historic occasion will mean the final removal of many trade barriers between the ASEAN member states, and with the bloc also the signatory to a host of free trade agreements with other...
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Within its vast territory, Indonesia contains enough renewable energy sources to enable the country to more than quadruple its current power-generating capacity. According to data from the Directorate-General of New and Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (EBTKE), the combined renewable energy potential of Indonesia’s hydro, geothermal and...
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