According to a press release published on the website of The President of The Republic of Indonesia, President Prabowo Subianto received Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Mathias Cormann at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta. The meeting, which took place on Thursday (28/11/24,) discussed Indonesia’s economic development and Indonesia’s accession process to the OECD.
In his statement after accompanying the President, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said that this meeting was a follow-up to the report previously submitted by the OECD Secretary-General to the Minister of Finance. The report stated that Indonesia’s economic targets until 2025 are fundamentally on a positive track.
“It was conveyed that the target of the economy in 2025 is fundamentally relatively achievable. So this is in line with the IMF and the World Bank,” he said.
Airlangga also said that in the meeting the OECD also provided a number of strategic inputs including recommendations related to increasing productivity in various sectors. Several priority sectors that were the focus of discussion included digitalization, food security, energy security, and other government flagship programs.
“The OECD can provide benchmarking based on data from countries included in the OECD. “There are 38 countries there,” he said.
According to Airlangga, at the meeting President Prabowo and the OECD Secretary General also discussed the process of Indonesia’s accession to the OECD which is currently underway. “Of course later we will see the President’s next direction regarding the schedule of Indonesia’s next actions related to the target time and others,” he added.
Meanwhile, on a separate occasion, OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann revealed a number of Indonesia’s achievements over the past few decades including in terms of the positive transformation of the Indonesian economy. The OECD Secretary-General hopes that Indonesia’s accession to the OECD can help realize strong and inclusive economic growth.
“And towards Indonesia becoming a country with an advanced high-income economy by 2045 in accordance with the vision of Indonesia 2045,” said the OECD Secretary General.
Source: BPMI Presidential Secretariat, The President of The Republic of Indonesia website
Photo: BPMI Setpres/Rusman
