Insights

No honeymoon for Jokowi and Ma'ruf after inauguration

The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) is currently organizing the inauguration ceremony for Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Ma’ruf Amin. The pair won the presidential election in April 2019, and they are scheduled to be inaugurated on O ...

Challenges of decentralization

This year marks 20 years since the formal introduction of decentralization. Despite implementation starting in early 2001, legally the idea of having a much more decentralized authority began two years earlier with the passing of Law No. 22/1999 on l ...

New land law should address agrarian crises

While the public was debating the government’s decision to relocate Indonesia’s capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan, there were fears that the House of Representatives would ratify the draft land bill in September. Thankfully, the delibera ...

Insight: Frontier technologies pathway for prosperity

Rapid technological transformation is one of the defining factors in shaping the future of our economy — at the national, regional and global levels. Frontier technologies bring new opportunities, as well as wide-ranging impacts and policy impl ...

Blended finance to help reach development goals in Indonesia

Leaders from all over the world this week gather in New York to attend the high-level events of the annual United Nations General Assembly. Sustainable development is high on the agenda, related to climate change, Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Developme ...

Why fix KPK when it is not broken?

Indonesia’s most promising attempt at controlling corruption and an inspiration for its peers internationally is about to lose a lot of what enabled it to be so effective and trusted because of changes in law that the House of Representatives j ...

Insights

No honeymoon for Jokowi and Ma'ruf after inauguration

Challenges of decentralization

New land law should address agrarian crises

Insight: Frontier technologies pathway for prosperity

Blended finance to help reach development goals in Indonesia

Why fix KPK when it is not broken?

Put under a deputy minister, PEN task force deemed to fail

Gibran secures PDI-P greenlight for mayoral bid

Wimboh, Perry take action to appease Jokowi

East Java, Surabaya governments lock horns over COVID-19 response

Jokowi rattles Cabinet with potential reshuffle

PLN to waive minimum fees to expedite recovery

Jokowi nudges Cabinet again for lack of progress in COVID-19 fight

Concerns grow as Jakarta hospitalizations increase

Epidemiologists say transitional PSBB period in Jakarta must be extended

Jakarta collects Rp 1.1b in fines as end of PSBB transition looms