[Transcript] Interview with Former Minister Chatib Basri and Mari Elka Pangestu on Indonesia’s Economic Future
The Interview is Taken by: Australia – Indonesia Center, Indonesia Project and Australian National University Transcribed by: Indra Gunawan (27/6/18) --------------------------------------------------- Opening by Helen Brown (interviewer): So we are here in Canberra, and we are about to catch up with Mari Pangestu, a former ministry of trade and also tourism and the creative economy of Indonesia and former finance minister Chatib Basri. These two are also well-known economists, we really came to talk to them about innovation between Australia and Indonesia, why it’s so important and also why it’s so important now at this point in the economics of both countries. Chatib Basri and Mari Pangestu are also co-conveners of the ANU-Indonesia Update [1] where we can find out more every year about what’s actually happening in Indonesia. Helen Brown : I just perhaps start with your part. Could you [..] to me the economic situation for Indonesia at the moment?
