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ECONOMIC STIMULUS: Now is the time to bring more help to the SME’s
IO - The pandemic has forced all types of businesses to feel a painful blow. Economic growth contracted to negative 5.32% in the second quarter of 2020. Followed by a spike in the number...
THE MAGIC BULLET: Will a vaccine be enough to stop Covid-19?
IO - Since it was first reported in December 2020 in Wuhan, China, the Sars-Cov2 (or Covid-19 global pandemic) has entered its tenth month. Citing the data from Worldometers, as of Thursday, October 15,...
JOKOWI-MA’ARUF’S HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT, A YEAR LATER
IO - "Exactly one year ago, President Joko Widodo and Vice President Ma’aruf Amin announced that the priority of their administration was the development of excellent human capital. What does that signify? According to ...
Indonesia’s Omnibus “Job Creation” Law: READING THE FINER DETAILS
IO - On October 5, 2020, the Plenary Session of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) passed the “Job Creation Bill” into law. Since President Jokowi announced the government’s intention to table a Job...
Indonesia-China Relations Trading in the Yuan
IO - The Covid-19 pandemic that has gripped the world for the last seven months is pushing Indonesia over a cliff into recession in the third quarter of 2020. Indonesia’s economic growth, which has...
The TNI Story, 75 years of defending the nation
IO - October 5, the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) will commemorate its 75th anniversary. It is an age that suggests maturity, wisdom and a long history, alongside the founding of the Unitary State...
FOOD SECURITY AND FARMERS’ LIVELIHOOD
Finding solutions in insecure times
IO - Early this month, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) updated its data on economic growth for the second quarter of 2020 (Q2 2020), showing that agriculture is growing at 2.19% (YoY),...
JAKARTA IN STATE OF EMERGENCY, the dilemma of pulling Covid-19 emergency break
IO - Since late December 2019, the world has been grap- pling with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19), said to be caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus, previously dubbed 2019-...
The war on COVID-19 Why is Indonesia still struggling?
IO - The Covid-19 pandemic has degenerated from a public health tragedy into a political football. While its impact varies widely around the world, one thing is certain: it has become a very complex...
BURNING JUSTICE: Will reform follow or is it up in smoke?
IO - The fire consuming the main building of the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) on August 22, 2020, not only left much damage, but also ignited critical questions by the public. Many people doubt...
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