Friday, December 22, 2006 Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Thailand's imposition of foreign exchange controls that caused a drop of almost 20 percent in local stock prices and systemic, yet smaller falls in other Asian markets Tuesday, is an example of a well-intentioned, but poorly designed...
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Capitalizing on the Hong Kong platform
Friday, December 08, 2006, The Jakarta Post
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) invited journalists from Australia, Asia and Europe, including The Jakarta Post's Vincent Lingga, to attend the 7th Hong Kong Forum of business associations from around the world. The meeting discussed the future...
Monday, December 11, 2006
Agricultural revitalization key to cutting poverty
Monday, December 11, 2006 Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
The findings of the latest World Bank study to the effect that almost 70 percent of the poor in Indonesia live in rural areas and 64 percent work in agriculture boil down to a central message: the fight against poverty should be waged...
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Advancing beyond macroeconomic stability
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta This is the second in a series of articles The Jakarta Post will publish to mark President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's second anniversary in office on Oct. 20. The first article appeared Monday. Almost two years into his five-year...
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Global economic imbalances raise risks of hard landing
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post
The 2006 Global Meeting of the Emerging Markets Forum (EMF) here last week warned that the risks of a hard landing for the global economy had increased with the United States continuing its profligate spending amid steadily rising oil prices....
Friday, September 22, 2006
WB needs to wean itself off 'nanny' bank role
Thursday, September 21, 2006 Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
The World Bank is an easy target for attacks from all sides given the conflicting demands of its 184 member countries. The bank is mostly active in developing countries, which make up the majority of its members, but its decision...
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
IMF reforming its decision-making mechanism
Wednesday, September 20, 2006 Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
The International Monetary Fund took a major step Monday toward improving its acceptance and credibility among developing countries by adopting a package of reforms on quotas and voice in the IMF, with respect to its decision-...
Monday, September 11, 2006
Regulations the biggest barrier to new investment
Monday, September 11, 2006 Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post,
Indonesia may find some consolation in the praise of the World Bank and its private-sector arm, the International Finance Corporation, over the improvements made in its business climate but this commendation means virtually nothing in the...
Saturday, August 26, 2006
ASEAN single market by 2015 highly ambitious
Friday, August 25, 2006Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Past experience has taught us to welcome with qualifications the kind of agreement reached by ASEAN economics ministers in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. This accord is part of a push for the creation of European Union-style economic...
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
'Competition watchdog reduces unfair business practices'
Wednesday, June 14, 2006, The Jakarta Post
Indonesia's Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU), which last week observed what many analysts see as its sixth turbulent year of operations, has undeniably become a more effective watchdog of business competition in Indonesia. Even though it...
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
We need firm decisions and action, Mr. President!
Friday, June 02, 2006 Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Five months into his second year in office, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has yet to grow on his job.
Seemingly failing to learn from his failure to establish a national economic council early on in his presidency in late 2004,...
Vested regional interests win in Cemex divestment
Monday, May 22, 2006 Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta An acute lack of leadership on the part of President Susilo Bambang Yudhohoyono's government to act decisively on unpopular, yet good, measures is an apt way to describe this ongoing business saga.
For the ministers of finance and state...
The natural resource dilemma for government
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
How the government resolves the imbroglio currently gripping mining firm PT Freeport Indonesia and its operations in Papua will have a very significant bearing on other big mining ventures already operating, as well as on new investment...
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