{"id":194114,"date":"2025-11-22T09:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T09:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/194114\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T09:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T09:32:15","slug":"foreign-investors-still-weighing-prabowos-state-led-approach-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/194114\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign investors still weighing Prabowo&#8217;s state-led approach &#8211; Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tjp-opening__txt\">oreign investors remain cautious about President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/indonesia\/2023\/11\/24\/candidate-profile-prabowo-subianto.html\" class=\"tjp-bio--hover\" data-slug=\"prabowo-subianto\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prabowo Subianto<\/a>\u2019s economic agenda, watching closely to ascertain whether his top-down investment push, in which state-owned enterprises (SOEs) assume a bigger role through state asset fund Danantara, will attract fresh capital.<\/p>\n<p>While interpretations differ regarding the effect of his leadership style, representatives of foreign chambers of trade agree that the approach of Prabowo, a former military general, has a substantial impact on Indonesia\u2019s investment and business climate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Prabowo] makes a sharp departure from the previous president, defined by a bolder policy outlook and a noticeably more assertive and confident foreign policy,\u201d Donna Priadi, managing director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia (AmCham), said during the launch of a joint United States-Indonesia investment report with the US Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia\u2019s \u201crelatively weak institutional setting\u201d gave the president \u201coutsized power\u201d, the report says, making policy highly dependent on the leader\u2019s persona.<\/p>\n<p>Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/business\/2024\/12\/12\/us-eu-chambers-slam-indonesias-unfavorable-business-climate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US, EU chambers slam Indonesia\u2019s unfavorable business climate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prabowo\u2019s increasing reliance on military-linked institutions in sectors traditionally overseen by civilians signaled a shift toward \u201ca more centralized, security-driven state apparatus\u201d, which might complicate regulatory transparency, it added.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2024_05_17_150536_1715930932.png\" alt=\"The Jakarta Post - Newsletter Icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                Every Monday\n                            <\/p>\n<p>With exclusive interviews and in-depth coverage of the region&#8217;s most pressing business issues, &#8220;Prospects&#8221; is the go-to source for staying ahead of the curve in Indonesia&#8217;s rapidly evolving business landscape.<\/p>\n<p>                for signing up our newsletter!<\/p>\n<p>Please check your email for your newsletter subscription.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/newsletter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    View More Newsletter<br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt remains to be seen if his more state-led model, emphasizing the role of SOEs, will also substantially boost foreign investment,\u201d the report notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"oreign investors remain cautious about President Prabowo Subianto\u2019s economic agenda, watching closely to ascertain whether his top-down investment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[107980,79,179,18,107982,18788,18247,107979,19,17,107981],"class_list":{"0":"post-194114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-amcham","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-economy","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-eurocham","13":"tag-fdi","14":"tag-foreign-direct-investment","15":"tag-foreign-inflows","16":"tag-ie","17":"tag-ireland","18":"tag-kocham"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115592663422084350","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}