Indonesian officials learn about Australian fiscal policy

A member of both APEC and the G20, Indonesia has the largest economy in South East Asia which, since the Global Financial Crisis, has experienced strong sustained economic growth around five per cent.  With a population over 260 million, more than ten times Australia’s, Indonesia is the world’s third largest democracy.
In 2017-18 Australia will provide close to $300 million in bilateral foreign aid managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, a key objective of which is to improve economic institutions and infrastructure critical to Indonesia’s development.
Under Griffith Asia Institute’s APEC Study Centre banner, a group of 25 Indonesian government officials from the key national agencies responsible for devising and implementing fiscal policy in Indonesia – the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) and the Ministry of Finance – recently visited Canberra to hear presentations from senior Australian government officials on site at Commonwealth Treasury, Department of Finance, and the

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