Steel producers against imports liberalization

Vincent Lingga The Jakarta Post             Jakarta | Mon, October 2, 2017 | 10:32 amDomestic basic steel producers have raised concerns over the government’s plan to further liberalize steel imports as part of a concerted program to improve Indonesia’s...

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NGOs, firms need constructive engagement

Vincent Lingga             Jakarta | Wed, September 6 2017 | 12:54 amThe emotional outbursts of the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) against international environmental NGOs, though regrettably smacking of an expression of xenophobia, are...

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The IMF’s management of Indonesia’s crisis: A lesson

Vincent Lingga Jakarta | Mon, July 10 2017 | 12:37 amWithout a doubt former president Soeharto’s strong resistance to reforms required by the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) rescue program should be blamed for Indonesia’s economic crisis that caused what analysts considered one...

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Commentary: Poor, inadequate infrastructure causes inequality, poverty

Vincent Lingga The Jakarta Post Yokohama | Mon, May 8 2017 | 12:12 am Six of the more than two dozen simultaneous seminars and conferences held on the sidelines of the four-day 50th Asian Development Bank Board of Governors meeting in Yokohama, Japan last week focused on various aspects...

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Commentary: EU moves to wipe out palm oil from the European economy

Vincent Lingga The Jakarta Post Jakarta | Wed, April 12 2017 | 12:09 am The European Union has since 2013 been slapping anti-dumping countervailing duties on Indonesian exports of palm oil-based biodiesel, despite a lower EU court ruling last year that annulled the duties. Then...

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Commentary: Still waiting for long-delayed reform of logistics services

Vincent Lingga, The Jakarta Post Jakarta | Thu, April 6 2017 | 12:19 am A raid by the police at the East Kalimantan port of Samarinda on March 17 uncovered massive rent-seeking practices and confiscated Rp 6.1 billion (US$450,000), believed to be illegal fees collected by stevedores...

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