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Jordan’s banking sector emerged from the global economic crisis in good health, providing much needed economic stability throughout 2011. Of the 17 banks that had declared year-end results for 2011 by March 2012, all reported positive net profits, and sum profit across these banks increased by nearly 25% on 2010. While the sector faces challenges in the form of increasing rates of non-performing...

As the economy faces short-term challenges of low growth and a tight fiscal position, preparation is under way to support long-term recovery and lay foundations for the encouragement of investment as new sectors open up, notably in infrastructure and energy. Jordan faces several short-term challenges it must overcome to lay the foundations for when growth is expected to pick up from 2013. It must...

Includes information about Jordan’s geography, climate, population and demographics. The chapter also provides an overview of the kingdom’s natural resources, politics and government.

Large conglomerates, often with ties to politics, dominate the media sector. Still, offerings have expanded in recent years to feed a population hungry for content, and Indonesians now have 10 free-to-air channels as well as a wide variety of pay-TV options. In 2010, advertising expenditure grew by 23% year-on-year to nearly $7.2bn, the sharpest rise since 2006. TV garnered most of this spending...

In partnership with Lubis Santosa & Maramis, OBG takes a look at Indonesia's legal system. Important changes include new rules on cost recovery in the hydrocarbons sector, laws on investment. This chapter includes a viewpoint from Todung Mulya Lubis, Senior Partner, Lubis Santosa & Maramis.