Return of Paternalist Capitalism
A commonly held view of Indonesia’s recent, more protectionist policy decisions (i.e. mineral export bans, beef and horticulture import restrictions, mining divestment rules) is that they are motivated by populist […]
Outlook for 2013
Indonesia heads into 2013 with continuing questions for foreign companies within an overall atmosphere of solid 6% -6.5% economic growth. The blemishes –if handled well–will not take away from the […]
New Indonesian Mining Divestment Rules
Is Mining Divestment Such a Benefit to Indonesia?Indonesia is following a worldwide trend of pushing out foreign ownership of mining assets. A March 8 Reuters story began “Indonesia will take […]
Pivot to Asia
Indonesia fell smack in the middle of the Obama Administration’s much ballyhooed “Asia Pivot”, a wonderful image for the ramp up of engagement with Asia that it has demonstrated. The […]