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Why Is Indonesia One Of The Fastest Growing Economies In The World?

Indonesia’s economy has been growing rapidly, and thanks to a younger population it could be on track to become one of the biggest economies in the world. There are a few things holding Indonesia back, such as Jakarta sinking into the ocean, but with their natural resource wealth and access to the world’s oceans, it…
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The Astrologers Fund H2 2023 Markets UPDATE

Astrologers Fund 2023 Stock & Commodity Forecast Update by Henry Weingarten

Indonesia Lobbying

Lobbying a Very Different Job

 eyesonindonesia Brussels, July 19, 2023 — It’s not even that terribly difficult. Anyone who has been paying attention has seen it all happen. Over the past fifteen years in particular, various countries, regions and cities have increasingly started lobbying in Brussels. “For a long time only the large companies, countries and cities had regular lobbyists…
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Germany speaks a clear language in China

eyesonindonesia/derspiegel Amsterdam, 14 April 2023 – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock addressed a number of sensitive topics in a press conference with her Chinese counterpart Qin Gang. She called on China not to supply arms to Russia, nor dual-use goods, which can be used for both civilian and military purposes.Baerbock also raised the question of…
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The economic potential of generative AI

The Economic Potential of generative AI

To grasp what lies ahead requires an understanding of the breakthroughs that have enabledthe rise of generative AI, which were decades in the making. ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, StableDiffusion, and other generative AI tools that have captured current public attention are theresult of significant levels of investment in recent years that have helped advance machinelearning and…
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African countries are fed up with being marginalised in global institutions

They will be pushing hard for change at a big global pow-wow this week There was no shortage of bigwigs at a development-finance pow-wow hosted by Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, in Paris on June 22nd to discuss pressing global issues including World Bank reform, climate finance and debt distress. The expected attendees at the Summit for a…
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Indonesia’s nickel boom tests Western green sensibilities

Producing batteries for electric vehicles requires environmental and geopolitical trade-offs eyesonindonesia Amsterdam, 16 april 2023– In a miserable year for initial public offerings, Indonesia’s capital is turning heads. The Jakarta Stock Exchange enjoyed record ipo volumes in the first quarter.  The $800m raised in these flotations outstripped the sums drummed up on Hong Kong’s or New York’s stock exchanges…
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Might Silicon Valley Bank cause a Domino-Effect?

Crisis SVB changes interest policies Central Banks eyesonindonesia Amsterdam, 12 March 2023– In early March, 40 chief financial officers from various technology groups gathered in Utah at the ski resort of Deer Valley for an annual “snow summit” hosted by Silicon Valley Bank, a crucial financial institution for start-ups.  Barely a week later, on Thursday…
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Highspeed Train Jakarta Bandung

HighSpeed Jakarta-Bandung

350 km per hour eyesonindonesia Amsterdam, Sept. 1st 2022– A shipment of Chinese high-speed trains set sail for Indonesia from Qingdao earlier this year and on August 23,  according to China’s state media. The trains were manufactured by  CRRC Qingdao Sifan, a major train maker under state-owned CRRC. The shipment is part of an order of eleven passenger…
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