Articles

  • 1 week ago | thejakartapost.com | Deni Ghifari

    President Prabowo Subianto has pushed for cooperation between Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek and Indonesia’s state-asset fund Danantara in the development of Batam, Riau Islands. In his first state visit to Singapore following his inauguration in October, Prabowo attended the annual leaders’ retreat with Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in which he expressed the hope of partnership between the funds.

  • 1 week ago | thejakartapost.com | Deni Ghifari

    The World Bank has announced a US$2.1 billion blended finance package spanning over two different projects, which it said were the first approved in support of the Indonesian Government’s goal of reaching high-income status by 2045. The bank wrote in a statement on Monday, the packages were intended to create jobs, boost economic growth and improve clean energy access across Indonesia.

  • 1 week ago | thejakartapost.com | Deni Ghifari

    The government currently sees no need to send another delegation to the United States for the negotiations on tariffs as it believes it has made its case for open bilateral trade and says the ball is now in the US’ court.

  • 1 week ago | thejakartapost.com | Deni Ghifari

    The government plans to push up the poverty line in a move that would bring Indonesia’s measure closer to that of the World Bank, even though that could be politically risky, as it would categorize more people as poor.

  • 2 weeks ago | asianews.network | Deni Ghifari

    June 13, 2025JAKARTA – Talks between Indonesia and the United States remain in limbo just days ahead of a deadline both parties set for reaching a trade deal to avert punishing US import tariffs that would effectively shut off the world’s largest consumer market for many Indonesian products.