LNG in Indonesia wasted, LPG imports prioritized. Oil import mafia still too powerful?
IO - More
than seven billion kilograms of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) is subsidized every
year by the government. The LPG subsidies have totaled more than IDR 69
trillion in the state budget with LPG being the...
2019 Nobel laureates in economics
IO
- The recipients of the Nobel Prize in Economics for
2019 were recently announced by the Nobel Committee; the prestigious award was jointly
shared by Professors Esther Duflo and her husband Abhijit Banerjee from the Massachusetts
Institute...
Hopes for the President and Vice President 2019-2024
IO - In retrospect, Jokowi’s first term as president brought mixed results. Jokowi’s signature policy of modernizing Indonesia antiquated infrastructure rightly won him numerous plaudits, but a weakening economy, democratic backsliding, unrest in Papua,...
In the cabinet: new faces, renewed hopes
IO - In retrospect, Jokowi’s first term as president brought mixed results. Jokowi’s signature policy of modernizing Indonesia antiquated infrastructure rightly won him numerous plaudits, but a weakening economy, democratic backsliding, unrest in Papua,...
Prabowo Subianto, a statesman who places the people’s interests above his own
IO, Jakarta – The series of
meetings held by Prabowo Subianto with Jokowi, Megawati, and political party
chairmen shows his great heart. It is a proof of his commitment to the state and
nation, to putting their...
The results of economic policy packages
IO - Nearing the start of Jokowi’s second term, a raft of debilitating issues still burden the national economy. 16 Economic Policy Packages were produced by the President to resolve his disappointment in our...
Let’s do something about tax avoidance
IO - It is noteworthy that the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently reported it was
preparing a proposal to extract more corporate tax from large multinationals
and highly profitable global brands. The idea arose...
The “Dynamic Duo” of vocational and academic education, a key to national development
IO - In 2017, about 15% of global digital giants, including IBM, Google, and
Apple, announced that they no longer employ a person based on his or her
diploma of high education. These American titans recruit...
“KPK obstructs investments”: State officials’ hallucination
IO - Revision to the Corruption Eradication Commission (Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi – “KPK”) Law has become a wild shot. It has heated up and caused a lot of people to protest, including college students....
Our elected authoritarians
IO - The decline of liberal society started more than a decade ago. In places such as Russia and Venezuela, where citizens once enjoyed the liberties of electoral democracy, it was as if they...
Why are Papuans angry at migrants?
IO - I write this article based on the reality faced by the people of Papua for 57 years. I was born in a remote place in the interior of Papua, a center of...