TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution expressed optimism that the inflation rate in June 2017 would not exceed 0.39 percent. “Although Bank Indonesia (BI) indicated that the inflation rate in the first week hit 0.5 percent, I don’t think it’s likely. [The inflation rate] will be below the figure,” Darmin said at […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan said the government will do their best to delay electricity tariff hike for all subscribers group until the end of the year. “The government is committed to keeping tariffs as they are today, until the end of this year. We are even trying to lower the tariffs, […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – World Bank predicts that Indonesia will increase its real gross domestic product (real GDP) by 5.3 percent in 2018. This is backed by a number of economic growth indicators during this year’s first quarter. Based on the World Bank’s review, Indonesia’s economic growth in the first quarter of 2017 increased from 4.9 percent […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The government is drafting a regulation aimed at stabilizing food prices, instead of deliberating the food regulation law as implemented in Malaysia. “There will be an import duty imposed to stabilize prices,” Coordinating Minister for Eonomic Affairs Darmin Nasution said at his office in Jakarta today, June 15. Darmin added that the government […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The government has launched fresh branding of 10 major tourist destinations in Indonesia in a bid to boost national tourism sector. Tourism Minister Arief Yahya launched the branding coincided with cultural, natural and tourism exhibition adopting the theme The New Chapters of Indonesia yesterday. Ten tourist destinations with the new branding are […]
Read MoreThe Natural Resource Governance Institute has published a report Governing the Gemstone Sector: Lessons from Global Experience in which Myanmar’s state-owned enterprise is featured as a case study. The report considers how countries may improve management of their gemstone resources, offers lessons from international experience and recommends policy options for governments interested in enhancing their […]
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