Bahlil Was Mandated By Jokowi To Reach Rank 40 Countries With Ease Of Doing Business (EoDB)

Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia (Photo: Doc. Ministry of Investment)

JAKARTA - Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia targets Indonesia to rank 60 in the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) ranking.

"We are targeting around 60 because the President gave us three years until 2023, it must be 40," he said in a working meeting with Commission III of the DPR RI in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Monday, August 30.

Bahlil explained that the World Bank did not announce an ease of doing business warning last year, so that Indonesia was still ranked 73rd globally.

Some time ago, the Ministry of Investment visited the United States, one of the agendas of which was to visit the World Bank to question the ranking of the ease of doing business.

"We just got back from there and we have already asked about it. God willing, this October there will be an announcement," said Bahlil.

In an effort to pursue the target for downgrading the EoDB rating, the government launched an electronically integrated business licensing system through a risk-based online single submission (OSS) system.

This technology can make it easier for entrepreneurs to get permits quickly, effectively, and efficiently.

Minister Bahlil added that the EoDB rating downgrade was also taken through lobbying efforts. "This depends on the leadership lobbies, half-room lobbies that are not in the law," he concluded.