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MF-World Bank Meetings Conclude with a Plea to End Tensions
Despite the idyllic setting and notwithstanding recent global growth, the International Monetary Fund-World Bank meetings took place in a context of apprehension, according to published reports. As the Fund’s 2018 World Economic Outlook (WEO) stressed, economic growth has been more uneven than expected. IMF members also pledged to avoid devaluing currencies to seek a trade advantage by
Finnish Trade Delegation visits Indonesia
Finland sent a major trade delegation to Indonesia in October with some world leading companies in tow. The leader of the delegation was Ms. Anne-Mari Virolainen, the Minister of Foreign Trade and Development. Here’s what she had to say about the delegation. Ms. Anne-Mari Virolainen, the Minister of Foreign Trade and Development of Finlad visited
Monas to Become Central Park and Extended Period of Odd-Even Traffic Policy
Under Anies Baswedan administration, the city government implies number of policies to tackle urban issue. here are people need to know in recent updates. ANIES BASWEDAN PLANS TO TRANSFORM MONAS INTO CENTRAL PARK In a recent interview with “The Jakarta Post”, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan stated he would like to transform the city’s historic National
MVB Sustainable Business Conference 2018: “Collaboration for a Better Future”
Sustainability can be defined many ways but the basic ideas and concepts remain the same: balancing a growing economy, protection for the environment, and social responsibility, so they together lead to an improved quality of life for ourselves and future generations. Three Nordic Ambassadors and a Deputy Head of Mission will be keynote speakers at MVB Sustainable Business
Human Rights and the UN SDGs: Identifying Key Markers in the 2030 Agenda in Indonesia
70 years after the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the more recently instituted Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), where does Indonesia stand? Is the country closer to achieving these goals by 2030? The Embassy of France in collaboration with the French Institute in Indonesia (IFI) and the United Nations Indonesia held a discussion on these issues at