With the introduction of universal health care in Indonesia on January 1, 2014, the pharmaceutical sector in the country is set for a boost. While the roll-out of the programme will be slow, a much expanded proportion of the population will be able to receive increasingly advanced and innovative drugs for their ailments.
A fast-growing middle class in Indonesia means more malls, products and higher sales. Recent numbers appear to demonstrate that this very dynamic, which has been heavily discussed and promoted over the past few years, was in fact holding in the country. After some signs of weakness in the middle of 2013, the retail market came roaring back with...
What future role is there for Indonesia as an automotive export centre, and to what extent will developing markets shape this direction?
What opportunities will Indonesia’s plan to become a centre for automobile production create for manufacturing and petrochemicals industries?
Indonesia has long pushed to move more of its industrial processing onshore to both protect and encourage local manufacturing. At first, efforts to rectify the situation were inconsistent. Regulations were passed but not applied, or loopholes were built in that seemed to water down what at first appeared to be draconian measures. When Indonesia...
Indonesia has all the makings of an industrial powerhouse: a young and talented population, relatively cheap labour and a large domestic market. The country has the capacity and the conditions to develop industry, specifically export-oriented industries. Manufacturing is also vitally important to Indonesia. Without it and without its growth, the...
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