Indonesia Sodorkan Role Model Pembangunan Ekonomi untuk Atasi Kesenjangan di KTT ASEAN

In 2017, the total village funding has reached Rp60 trillion.

The Indonesian government has also given Credit for Businesses (Kredit Usaha Rakyat/KUR) to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in order to reduce the number of economic disparity. The Credit for Businesses ceiling in 2017 has been set at Rp106.2 trillion.

Next is the digital economic program that aside from creating innovative growth, has also created a disruptive impact on an already established condition.

Aside from disparity issue, President Jokowi also brought forth the topic of maritime economy. Going forward, the maritime economy must be one of the sectors that are relied upon in the economic development of the ASEAN nations.

Maritime economy is believed to be giving an effective impact to connectivity that has the effect on transportation or shipping costs by making them cheaper.

It also has an impact on aqua culture through the development of the marine environment climate.

“Just as during the APEC Summit in Da Nang, Vietnam recently, President Joko Widodo sees that the Indonesian waters have become one of the most important economic sectors. Furthermore, 7 ASEAN nations are members of APEC. So this suggestion can be the role model during the 31st ASEAN SUMMIT in Manila, Philippines,” Said Anindya.

A few bases of President Joko Widodo’s thinking have become the main vision of ABAC Indonesia’s fight in the post-2020 APEC, in order for the equilibrium between the economic growth and justice to be created for all nations in Asia Pacific, as was fundamentally agreed upon during the 1994 APEC Bogor Goals.

Anindya Bakrie as the chairman of ABAC Indonesia that accompanied President Joko Widodo during the APEC Summit in Da Nang, took part in formulating a few discussions that became major issues for Indonesia, in the ABAC meeting that has taken place beforehand on November 5-8, 2017, that continued in the discussion during the 31st ASEAN Summit in Manila.