How have economic conditions perpetuated the need to address issues of connectivity?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Shanti Poesposoetjipto, Chairman, Samudera Indonesia Group: Interview from The Report: Indonesia 2012
Articles & Analysis | On the move: Addressing bottlenecks in the competitive logistics industry from The Report: Indonesia 2012
Strong domestic market growth has been a boon to Indonesia’s logistics industry. Although the concept of “just-in-time” may seem inappropriate given congestion levels, the sector has grown on average 7.7% annually over the past seven years, showing its resilience to the recent global economic crisis. If the government is successful in improving the...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Emirsyah Satar, President & CEO, Garuda Indonesia: Interview from The Report: Indonesia 2012
To what extent will increasing domestic and international passenger traffic offset rising fuel prices?
Articles & Analysis | Liberalised but protected: Shipping law introduces new cabotage rules and welcomes private sector participation from The Report: Indonesia 2012
The year 2011 marks the implementation of the 2008 shipping law, a far-reaching reform of maritime transport that provides space for private sector participation in infrastructure development. Yet the rules also include a degree of protection in that they require domestically flagged vessels to ship goods across the archipelago. “There is a clear...
Articles & Analysis | Greater connectivity: Building partnerships with the private sector for increased infrastructure development from The Report: Indonesia 2012
The government is pressing ahead with its liberalisation drive to upgrade physical infrastructure and reduce the cost of doing business for the nation’s dynamic private sector. The Regional Long-Term Development Plan, (Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Menengah, RPJM), running from 2005 to 2024 in a succession of five-year strategies, provides the umbrella...
Articles & Analysis | Easing congestion: Getting traffic moving in the Jabodetabek area from The Report: Indonesia 2012
Traffic in the Greater Jakarta region is increasingly slowing down, as the number of vehicles on the roads rise. In 2010 there were 11.3m vehicles in the metropolitan priority area of Jabodetabek (Greater Jakarta), with 1.5m of these in Jakarta alone, according to the Ministry of Transport. The majority of these are two- or three-wheelers weaving...