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?

Police crack down on culprits behind AGO fire

Telkom eyes Gojek as Grab-Gojek possible merger in the horizon

Economy vs. public health? Indonesia gets neither

OJK, BI laws revision plan rattles financial markets

AGO on fire amid investigation into high-profile cases

Public wary of COVID-19, community health centers see decrease in activity: IDI

Experts advise caution with antigen tests for screening

Home Ministry asks for more PPEs to be used as campaign props

Govt urged to focus on asymptomatic COVID-19 cases

Public can’t expect explanations from Health Minister Terawan: Expert