Indonesia needs creative economy law to spur job creation
Indonesia should put in place a law on the creative economy to allow businesses in the sector to operate with legal certainty. Supporting the growth of the creative economy will spur job creation, an answer to the country’s problems of rising inequality, youth unemployment and exploitation of Indonesian workers abroad. What is the creative economy?…
A gloomy outlook of the new-look KPK?
The five newly elected Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) commissioners have been sworn in by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. After the ceremony at the State Palace, the new commissioners went to the KPK office to participate in the handover ceremony. However, two previous KPK commissioners, Abraham Samad and Bambang Widjojanto were not in the handover pictures.…
Dualisme Regulasi Infrastruktur Tol
Permasalahan tentang regulasi infrastruktur jalan tol sangat kompleks. Banyak regulasi yang bersinggungan di sana. Kompleksitas aturan tersebut memunculkan masalah karena beberapa peraturan menjadi tumpang tindih. Pertama, dari beberapa regulasi yang bersinggungan terkait infrastruktur jalan tol terdapat regulasi yang tak memiliki aturan yang lebih fleksibel untuk pembebasan lahan bagi kepentingan pembangunan jalan tol. Kedua, adanya aturan…