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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG Talks to Joko Widodo from The Report: Indonesia 2019
Articles & Analysis | Indonesia and South-east Asia see new trade deals and disputes from The Report: Indonesia 2019
While 2018 is unlikely to earn the description of a time of significant global trade cooperation, the year did end on a note of cautious optimism for advocates of open trade, when, at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, the US declared a 90-day truce in its 10-month-long trade war with China. It is hoped that this ceasefire will stand, leading to...
Articles & Analysis | Indonesian voters face two contrasting visions in the April 2019 general election from The Report: Indonesia 2019
National elections on April 17, 2019 will determine the head of state for a five-year term ending in 2024, with the two candidates on the ballot offering differing views on how to manage the country’s $1trn economy. While holding different policy positions, the contenders in Indonesia’s presidential election are very familiar, with incumbent...
Articles & Analysis | Indonesia prepares for the April 2019 general election in a year of economic growth and infrastructure expansion from The Report: Indonesia 2019
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. The name Indonesia was first used in 1850 by British anthropologist James Richardson Logan in reference to the extensive group of islands that was known at the time as the Indian...
This chapter contains selected listings of some of the country’s top hotels, contact details for embassies, ministries and organisations, helpful tips for business and leisure travellers and other useful suggestions for travel to Indonesia.
Chapter | Emerging Cities from The Report: Indonesia 2019
Stretching 5120 km from the shores of Aceh to the mountains of Papua, Indonesia encompasses 17,000 islands – around 6000 of which are permanently inhabited – and comprises 34 different provinces, each with its own capital city. Within these islands, 300 distinct ethnic groups exist, speaking more than 700 languages between them. Until the turn of the new millennium, centralisation was seen as...