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President urges to improve ease of doing business ranking

President Joko Widodo has called for bringing about improvement in the countrys Ease of Doing Business, taking it from ...

Indonesia hopes ranking in doing business to be double digit

Indonesia hopes its "Ease of Doing Business" ranking would be in the double digits in 2016. "The countrys target ...

Indonesia`s economy expected to perform better this year

The Indonesian economy is expected to perform better this year than it did last year after the government issued a ...

Indonesia govt has disbursed 95 pct of village funds

In Indonesia, based on data at the Ministry of Home Affairs, there were 81,309 villages in 2013, consisting of 72,944 ...

Democracy has universal values

Although democracy does not function the same way in every country, it does have certain universal values, and ...

Indonesia drumming up African support for ICAO council seat

The Indonesian government is lobbying African countries for support in its bid to win a seat at the Council of the ...

Indonesia`s Gini ratio down to 0.408 in 2015: Bappenas

Indonesias income gap ratio, or the Gini ratio, has fallen from 0.413 in 2014 to 0.408 this year, according to an ...

Thousands of workers to stage rally outside parliament building

Thousands of workers will stage a rally outside the parliament building on Tuesday (Dec 8) to demand the revocation of ...

2014 CGAP Photo Contest Now Open for Entries

- The annual CGAP Photo Contest, which aims to highlight stand-out photography from amateurs and professionals around ...

Foreign banks to finance infrastructure projects

Several foreign banks including Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank, and World Bank member International Finance ...

Pakistan’s Wasil Foundation Wins Islamic Microfinance Challenge

- The Wasil Foundation, a Pakistan-based microfinance institution, won the Islamic Microfinance Challenge, a global ...

Collaborations Reinforce Singapore International Water Week as Premier Global Platform to Share and Co-create Solutions

Singapore International Water Week (SIWW), held from 1-5 June 2014, saw S$14.5 billion in total value for the ...

Indonesia Likely To Have Fewer Women In Parliament

Despite the increase in the number of female candidates in the parliamentary elections held throughout Indonesia on ...

Indonesia still needs 191,400 researchers

Indonesia, with a population of more than 240 million, still needs around 191,400 researchers until 2030, Chief of the ...

Gerindra party wants more women as government officials

The Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) party wants to see women occupy 30 percent of high positions in the government ...