The Australia Indonesia Business Council 2018 conference was held on the 11–13 November at the Gold Coast.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has instructed the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) to process all forms of licensing in a move that is expected to significantly improve Indonesia’s ranking on the World Bank’s ease of doing business index.

The government is planning to change course in its revision of a regulation on the negative investment list (DNI), saying that it will instead begin promoting priority industries that are open to both foreign and domestic investment.

urrently known mainly as an alternative to Bali, the neighboring island of Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) is gaining increasing prominence as a tourist destination in its own right, and food may have something to do with that.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Wednesday, Nov. 6, Washington’s review of a trade preference facility for Indonesia would conclude soon, and predicted “far more investment” by U.S.

Indonesia has announced an ambitious five-year target of building more than 5,000 kilometres of roads across the country.