Indonesia - Asia’s Stumbling Giant 1. What Political factors explain Indonesia’s poor economic performance? What economic factors? Are these two related? Political factors are corruption and red tape‚ absolutism and crony capitalism. Economic factors are poor infrastructure and fleeing of foreign companies from the country decreasing the foreign investments in the country and increasing the unemployment rate in the country. The political and economic factors that hinder growth in Indonesia
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Diary entry #1: Hello‚ my name is Ahmed. I am 14 years old and the eldest of my two siblings. I have a little sister and a baby brother. My family are Hazaras‚ one of the many ethnic groups that make up the Afghan population. We live in the Ghazni province‚ home to many Hazaras. My family owns a small grocery shop in the main street. It is usually run by my father and my uncle. In the mornings my uncle walks me and my sister to school as he walks to the shop. But we have to walk home from school
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Gillette Indonesia Case Analysis Gillette - SWOT Analysis #Strength High Quality Brand Local manufacturing 50% Market share already Gillette name means Shaving in Indonesia First Mover advantage #Weakness Employee ( Manager) retainability Poor distribution in remote villages #Opportunity 160 million population with 30% living in cities Political environment stability Increasing income Western influence in Shaving Increasing work opportunities Potential to increase
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Japanese Influence There have been countless studies of the Japanese influence towards Indonesia population. Japan invaded indonesia in 1942 and surrendered in 1945 and yet Japanese wanted to be allies with Indonesia and helped with their independence (Lambert). The main reason of Japanese coming to Indonesia was actually because “in 1942‚ Soekarno and Hatta agreed to cooperate with the Japanese‚ as this seemed to be the best opportunity to secure independence”(Struggle). Japanese came in the beginning
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Indonesia- not a Building Block for Globalization The world is getting smaller‚ just as a California poppy grows smaller as it closes in on itself every night. The flower grows closer together by drawing its petals inward so that they become much closer to the rest of the petals. The poppy does this to protect its pollen. The world is getting smaller and growing closer together due to globalization. Globalization is the rising of the global economy. As more and more markets trade with each other
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GROUP ASSIGNMENT [pic] “What Is Indonesia?” [pic] Edwin Sucipto Koeswono 34405019 Indriani Puspitasari 34405024 Herman Soerjadi 34405038 Go Devi Lona 34405042 Gilang Prasetiyo 3440504 Introduction Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world. Indonesia is also considered as largest archipelago which consists of 17‚508 islands. For the reason that Indonesia is an archipelago‚ the diversity between
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plays a significant active role in business. Since May 1998‚ after Suharto resigned‚ the country has transformed itself from a controlling system into a democratic one (Indonesia Country Brief‚ 2008). Australia also has legal and political stability. Therefore‚ Jurlique will face no difficulty in establishing its business into Indonesia since both countries political parties seek to promote growth and encourage investment and trade‚ including investment abroad. 2.2. Legal Environment “The legal-political
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originally means activity of migrant worker called merantau in Bahasa to return their hometown to celebrate Idul Fitri (Lebaran in Bahasa) with their family‚ the religious feast in Moslem calendar. There is no idea when this tradition begins exactly in Indonesia. Today mudik or homecoming‚ not only affiliate with Moslem‚ but it has been practice in other religion and become national tradition in every Indonesian religious feast day event. While according to demography‚ mudik phenomena linked with urbanization
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COUNTRY PAPER Study Meeting on Expansion and Development of the Service Industry in Asia APO Project No. 08-RP-38-GE-STM-B 17-20 June‚ 2008 At Seoul‚ Republic of Korea Submitted By: Kenedi Nababan and Romi Prasetio – Indonesia Kenedi Nababan Romi Prasetio Arco Backend Agency Bank Sinarmas Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Corporation Bank Sinarmas KC. Sukabumi‚ Jl. A. Yani No 235 Wisma HSBC JL Asia Afrika No. 116 Ruko No. 3 Sukabumi Bandung 40112 Telephone :62-266-229377
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in the greater integration of the region into the international economy. Six ‘new’ states emerged – Indonesia‚ Malaya‚ Burma‚ the Philippines‚ Indochina and Thailand. Discuss economic and social change in the region with reference to ONE Southeast Asian state. Economic and social change within Indonesia Introduction After over a quarter century of sustained economic growth‚ Indonesia was struck by a major economic crisis at the end of the 20th Century. This paper examines the impact
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