{"id":3789,"date":"2014-05-09T11:45:09","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T01:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/?p=3789"},"modified":"2021-07-10T19:07:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T09:07:00","slug":"aiya-links-9-may-bans-bailouts-7-eleven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/2014\/05\/09\/aiya-links-9-may-bans-bailouts-7-eleven\/","title":{"rendered":"AIYA Links, 9 May: bans, bailouts and 7-Eleven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>As we announced last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.causindy.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CAUSINDY is on its way to Jakarta<\/a>! Applications to be a part of the conference in\u00a0September\u00a0are now open\u2014so sign up or spread the word. We hope to see you there.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>In the news<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Indonesia&#8217;s 2014 GDP growth estimate has been cut to 5.1% by Bank Indonesia, which again <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartaglobe.com\/business\/bi-cuts-gdp-growth-forecast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">left interest rates unchanged this week<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, Finance Minister Chatib Basri (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/chatibbasri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ChatibBasri<\/a>) told CNBC that Indonesia is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/101640583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">out of the &#8216;fragile five<\/a>&#8216;.<\/li>\n<li>The mineral export ban is blamed by many for hurting the economy\u2014the\u00a0<em>FT&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/benjaminbland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BenjaminBland<\/a> reports on how it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/a0e7256c-c455-11e3-b2c3-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=intl#axzz31AWuG7jX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">affecting local miners in West Kalimantan<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>At<em> Inside Indonesia, <\/em>a\u00a0fascinating look at the legal loopholes that allowed 7-Eleven&#8217;s success, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insideindonesia.org\/current-edition\/revolutionising-retail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what it means for foreign investors in Indonesian retail<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A new World Bank report on Asian labour markets highlights Indonesia&#8217;s challenges in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/region\/eap\/publication\/east-asia-pacific-at-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">providing good jobs and social protection for its rapidly-expanding population<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<em>New York Times\u00a0<\/em>talks to Alexander Aan, the Padang atheist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/05\/04\/world\/asia\/indonesian-who-embraced-atheism-landed-in-prison.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">imprisoned for questioning religion on Facebook<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Whiteboard Journal\u00a0<\/em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/wjournal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@wjournal<\/a>) talks to the up-and-coming <a href=\"http:\/\/whiteboardjournal.com\/interview\/16276\/fundamental-architecture-with-danny-wicaksono\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">young architect Danny Wicaksono<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>On the blog<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>AIYA&#8217;s Tim Flicker takes a fascinating look at the often-overlooked <a title=\"Missing links: Judaism in Indonesia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/2014\/05\/judaism-indonesia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heritage of Judaism in Indonesia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>We have a round-up of AIYA&#8217;s inaugural\u00a0<a title=\"Event wrap-up: AIYA Basa-Basi #1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/2014\/05\/event-wrap-aiya-basa-basi-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>basa-basi\u00a0<\/em>speakers event from Marlene Millot.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>In Jakarta, AIYA&#8217;s Alexadra Hearne interviewed the founders of <strong>AyoVote!<\/strong>, an initiative <a title=\"\u201cSuara lo ngaruh!\u201d: AyoVote mengajak pemuda berpartisipasi politik\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/2014\/05\/suara-lo-ngaruh-ayovote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exploiting social media to get out the youth vote in 2014<\/a>\u00a0(Bhs Ind).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Events and opportunities<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>New on the AIYA Job Board: positions available for a <a title=\"Manager, Indonesia at Australia-Indonesia Centre, Jakarta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/2014\/05\/manager-indonesia-australia-indonesia-centre-jakarta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manager of the Australia-Indonesia Centre in Jakarta<\/a>, and an <a title=\"English Teacher at Australian International High School, Makassar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/2014\/05\/english-teacher-australian-international-high-school-makassar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English Teacher at the Australian International High School in Makassar<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we announced last week, CAUSINDY is on its way to Jakarta! Applications to be a part of the conference in\u00a0September\u00a0are now open\u2014so sign up or spread the word. We [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/2014\/05\/09\/aiya-links-9-may-bans-bailouts-7-eleven\/\" class=\"more-link style1-button\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[524],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"id","enabled_languages":["au","id"],"languages":{"au":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"id":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}