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This chapter examines Indonesia’s tax environment, focusing on changes to the tax system and regulations for potential investors. It also contains a viewpoint from Ay Tjhing Phan, Tax Leader, PwC.

Ranking fourth globally in size after China, India and the US, Indonesia’s education system is large and varied, a complex interweaving of public and private systems all governed to some extent by centralised and decentralised government oversight. A succession of governments has seen education as one of the country’s most powerful economic levers and has formulated plans to exploit it by...

The year 2015 marks the second year of the roll out of universal health care in Indonesia. The plan saw a challenging launch in 2014, but administrators and lawmakers are continuing to work toward the target of full implementation by 2019. As more people seek health care because they have coverage, more hospitals are needed, as are more medical staff. Analysts blame regulation disparities,...

Pervading nearly every level of the country’s social, geographic and economic strata, Indonesia’s agrarian roots run deep. The sector provides a livelihood for the majority of households ranging from small family subsistence plots to multinational agribusiness giants, all of whom contribute to supplying sustenance to the world’s fourth-largest population as well as growing cash crops to be...

Since the 1930s, the unique cultural and picturesque landscape of Indonesia’s island of Bali has lured millions of visitors. But even as Bali has boomed, the delights from the rest of Indonesia’s archipelago of more than 17,000 Islands have often been overlooked. The new government of President Joko Widodo has vowed to change that. With a goal of attracting 20m visitors by 2020, it is urging...

Endowed with ample mineral and coal resources that have yielded some of the most productive mines in the world, Indonesia’s mining sector continues to exert substantial influence on both the domestic economy and global markets. The world’s largest coal exporter, Indonesia continues to lead the seaborne market despite several leaner years due to weaker demand and softer prices. Local demand is...