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INDONESIA: Pressure over worker safety will grow
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES284264
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Only India and China have higher projections. Indonesia recorded GDP growth of just over 5% year-on-year in January-March, with robust consumer and government spending helping to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279723
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East Timor is the only South-east Asian country categorised by the Freedom House organisation as completely ‘free’. Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, as…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275071
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INDONESIA: Regulation will prompt pushback
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES274974
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The policy involves restricting exports of certain raw materials in an attempt to encourage greater value-added processing domestically. The government banned exports of nickel…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273964
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The regulation will need parliament’s endorsement by the end of its current session to become permanent legislation. In 2021, the Constitutional Court ordered the government to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275406
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INDONESIA: Jokowi will likely ride out controversies
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES275469
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The MoU comes just over a year after Indonesia terminated a similar pact with Norway. In October 2021, President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo issued a regulation designed to help…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272971
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A Thai court blocked the order on August 6, but the government is expected to push back forcefully. This comes as South-east Asian governments struggle to contain disinformation…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263456
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Outlook for civil service reform in Myanmar.