INDONESIA - BANKING - Indonesia Islamic Financial World Ranking 4

Jakarta (14/10) - Indonesia has a proud achievement in Islamic finance. Country Index is based on Islamic Finance, Islamic financial industry was ranked fourth of the world Indonesia. Indonesia's position was under Iran, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia.

"This ranking is quite encouraging because we are under major countries such as Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, and England," said Director of the Directorate of Islamic Banking Bank Indonesia, Mulya E Siregar, while giving a speech at the launch of commodity sharia in Jakarta, Thursday (13 / 10).  (source)

WORLD - OPINION - Money politics and political freedom - Islamic finance hubs : corruption and freedom (Indonesia)

KARL Kraus said: “Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.” I was recently asked to give a speech on political freedom and corruption in Muslim countries. Both areas have a direct impact on capital flight and market formation, brain drain and economic development, portfolio investors and direct investments, including Islamic finance. (source)

INFO - RI`s global competitiveness index up 10 notches to 44th

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia`s global competitiveness ranking (CGR) rose by 10 notches to 44th this year mainly because of improving macroeconomic indicators and health and primary education, according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) report.

Indonesia`s macroeconomic indicators rose from 52nd to 34th and health and primary eduction from 82nd to 62nd, the Indonesian ambassador/permanent representative to the UN, WTO and other international organizations in Geneva, Dian Triansyah Djani, said in a statement.

The country`s quality of overall infrastructure increased from 96th to 90th, intellectual property protection from 67th to 58th, national savings rate from 40th to 16th, effectiveness of anti-monopoly policy from 35th to 30th, and extent and effect of taxation from 22nd to 17th.