Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani stated that this forum accommodates governments from the two countries to exchange ideas, views, and experiences in policy making.
"I would push to design and ensure that this policy dialogue is truly effective to address actual challenges and anticipate future challenges," she noted as quoted from an official statement received here Tuesday.
In practice, this forum aims to discuss various critical issues in economic development that are important for both countries, with a theoretical and practical approach, in order to generate inputs and views for policy formulation, particularly from a fiscal policy standpoint, she explained.
According to the minister, amid high global risks and shifting trends that are currently occurring, this forum specifically discussed four aspects: geopolitics, climate change, digitalization, and pandemics.
"This is something that we all need to consider in a high-level policy dialogue because I believe Australia is also facing the same problem," she stated.
To this end, Mulyani expressed optimism that the dialogue can provide effective and productive answers in overcoming various current and future problems.
She remarked that policymakers, academics, and practitioners from both countries were part of the dialogue as well as domestic economists, such as from the University of Indonesia (UI), Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Andalas University (UNAND), Lambung Mangkurat University (ULM), Airlangga University (UNAIR), Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), and Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Moreover, Chatib Basri, as co-chair of the Pandemic Fund and ranks from the Ministry of Finance, were present. Meanwhile, from Australia, the Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Penny Williams, was present along with her staff and academics from the Australia National University.
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