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Recovery and Beyond: Enhancing Competitiveness to Realise Indonesia's Trade Potential

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  • Margit Molnar

    (OECD)

  • Molly Lesher

    (OECD)

Abstract

As Indonesia recovered from the 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis, the economy underwent significant political and structural changes, and the role of trade policy evolved. It is clear that there is much scope for trade to enhance economic growth. However, there remain significant challenges in realising this potential, including the need to improve external competitiveness. This paper analyses Indonesian trade policy following the crisis, and identifies some key reforms that may help to increase competitiveness. In view of the evolving domestic and global environment, a comprehensive policy approach will be required involving trade policy reform moving in tandem with reforms in other policy areas. Suggested reforms include, among others, complementing applied tariff cuts with reductions in non-tariff barriers and bound tariffs, reducing trade costs by easing behind-the-border regulations, and further improving the investment climate.

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  • Margit Molnar & Molly Lesher, 2008. "Recovery and Beyond: Enhancing Competitiveness to Realise Indonesia's Trade Potential," OECD Trade Policy Papers 82, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:traaab:82-en
    DOI: 10.1787/227205773037
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    Cited by:

    1. Arief Bustaman & Rina Indiastuti & B. Budiono & Titik Anas, 2022. "Quality of Indonesia’s domestic institutions and export performance in the era of global value chains," Journal of Economic Structures, Springer;Pan-Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies (PAPAIOS), vol. 11(1), pages 1-29, December.
    2. Saito, Hisamitsu, 2018. "Foreign multinationals, selection of local firms, and regional productivity in Indonesia," MPRA Paper 85158, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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