Overcoming Investment Investors That Are Still Heavy In Capital Plantation In Indonesia, The Government Needs To Guarantee Ease Of Investment

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JAKARTA - INDEF economist Eko Listiyanto said there were several obstacles that made investors lazy to enter Indonesia to invest. Among other things, because of the high cost of logistics in the country, to certainty of obtaining the workforce needed by the industry. "So that improvements still need to be made, especially logistics costs that are still expensive, efficiency and speed of the bureaucracy, human resources are ready to work to fill the needs of these various industries," said Eko, Friday, December 9. Not only that, said Eko, there are also obstacles originating from investment destination areas. Although the central government continues to encourage regions to be proactive, continued Eko, it turns out that licensing problems in the regions are still encountered. Even so, Eko said that one of the factors that made Indonesia attractive in the eyes of investors was a strong economic condition in the midst of the global crisis. Indonesia's growth is estimated to be still positive, INDEF also projects the national economy to grow 5.1 percent.

"As long as Indonesia can optimize the positive pace of domestic economic recovery, the risk of recession can actually be avoided next year," said Eko. Investment Ease Guarantee Meanwhile, Executive Director of Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Yose Rizal Damuri assesses that there have been many changes that have occurred in the context of the ease of investing in Indonesia at this time. "There have been changes in various investment facilitation, it has been made easier, such as the existence of one stop services that have begun to be implemented and continue to be improved," said Yose. However, Yose assessed, investment is not only struggling with the convenience and facilitation that investors get when they want to invest in Indonesia. According to him, the government should also consider the convenience given to investors when running a business. "This investment is not only a problem when it comes but also in general is how good climate is seen not only when people want to put their money but also when they run their business," he said.

Yose emphasized that the government needs to provide guarantees of ease of running its business for investors. Cotoh, the problem of ease of obtaining labor. This should be noted when there are no local workers who are suitable for business needs so that they must bring in from abroad. "Things like that are influential of course and will be taken into consideration. Only if it is easy to enter, given facilities, but then the operations are difficult. Such as the ease of supplying raw materials from abroad, materials between abroad," he concluded. As is known, the government continues to strive to increase investment in order to pursue economic growth targets above 5 percent every year. This is done by simplifying the requirements and permits required by investors in investing in Indonesia. Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto claims that currently the government has obtained investment potential of US$30 billion or equivalent to Rp.467.7 trillion (exchange rate of Rp. 15,593 per US dollar). He said the potential for capital flows was included in various industrial sectors.