OECD helps Indonesia improve investment environment
Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has stated that the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has supported an improved investment climate in the country.
Screenshot - Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, (Photo: ANTARA)
Jakarta (VNA) - Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has stated that the O�𓂃�rganisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has supported an improved investment climate in the country.
Hartarto said the OECD has provided substantial support to Indonesia in its process of becoming a permanent member of the organisation, adding that it helps develop regulations for a comfortable investment environment in the Southeast Asian nation.
He said the organisation will survey the Indonesian economy, adding this is one of their forms of support to improve the domestic investment climate and help the country be on par with OECD member countries.
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