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Indonesian Resources

Indonesia's Social & Economic Environment

Okusi Associates - Indonesian Business & Management

Doing Business in Indonesia
Indonesia is probably not the easiest place in the world in which to do business. The "World Competitiveness Scoreboard" currently ranks Indonesia at 45, only two places ahead of Russia, ...

Indonesian Land Law & Foreign Ownership of Land
Indonesian Land Law is different to the laws that apply in most Western or developed countries.  Foreigners wishing to use or purchase land for whatever purpose need to be aware of these differences ...

Indonesia's Economic Development in comparison to South Korea and Taiwan
The rapid pace of economic development in East Asia over the past few decades has awed the world. ...
 

Other Useful Links

Living in Indonesia
A very useful site for foreign residents and expats to get a feel for living in Indonesia.
Jawawa.Net
Daily aggregated currency and economic indicators collated from various sources including Bank Indonesia, Dept of Finance, Tax Office, Jakarta Stock Exchange, and others.
DwiBahasa.com
Online Indonesian-English translation dictionary. Quick and simple to use, and quite comprehensive. Useful to access from your PDA.
The Jakarta Post
Indonesia's longest-running English-language daily, read almost exclusively by the foreign expatriate community; almost universally ignored by the indigenous political elite.
The Jakarta Globe
Indonesia's newest English-language daily, giving The Jakarta Post a good run for its money, as well as some much-needed fresh perspectives.
Tempo Interactive
English-language liberal weekly with relatively impartial political and economic news. Could be said to represent Indonesia's West-leaning intellectual elite.
Kompas Online
Indonesian-language daily. By far the biggest and most influentual newspaper in Indonesia, read by the educated and the political elite.