Jakarta, Nov 13 (ANTARA) - In an attempt to boost economic growth and
increase employment, the government has plans of increasing the number
of entrepreneurs in the country, which currently stands at 1.56 percent.
Considering that entrepreneurs are the key drivers of the economy, the
government has plans to increase the number by 5 million in the next ten
years, or by 500 thousand every year.
"From 2015, we will increase the number of entrepreneurs by 500
thousand a year, so that in 2025, the number of additional entrepreneurs
in Indonesia reaches five million," the BI governor said in his keynote
address at the opening of the Global Entrepreneurship Week, on Monday.
According to a World Bank survey held in 2008, entrepreneurs in
Indonesia accounted for only 1.56 percent of the country's total
population. The total population of Indonesia in 2010 stood at
237,641,326. This means that there are about 3.7 million entrepreneurs
in the country at present.
This number is not sufficient since entrepreneurs play an important role in creating job opportunities.
"When
jobs need to be created in certain sectors, it is the entrepreneurs who
will help in reaching that goal. And when there is a requirement for a
certain product, it is the entrepreneurs who will lead innovation
efforts. It is important to note that Indonesia is in dire need of more
entrepreneurs," said Indonesia¿s Vice President, Boediono, during the
global entrepreneurship week event.
For this purpose, the vice president urged private firms and banks to
organize entrepreneurship training programs to increase the number of
entrepreneurs by around 500 thousand every year.
"I appeal to the training providers from the various sectors to work
together and build synergy in a communication forum to achieve the
common goal of developing entrepreneurship on a national scale," said
the vice president.
Boediono said that entrepreneurs are the drivers of change and
innovation in Indonesia. They play an important role in economic
development. They are badly needed to bring change and innovation in
various sectors.
However, he pointed out that there are several challenges that people
face when developing entrepreneurs. These include business regulations,
business security, infrastructure and macroeconomic stability.
Darmin Nasution, BI governor, said that Indonesia has been enjoying
economic stability for the past few years, with an average economic
growth of about 6 percent. Entrepreneurs could now take advantage of the
high consumption in the country.
"Indonesia's economic growth in the past five years has been relatively
stable. The stable growth is supported by an increase in consumption by
the citizens. Entrepreneurs could take advantage of this growth," he
said.
Moreover, in the last three years, most of the foreign investments have
been oriented towards meeting domestic demand. "It is not for exports
because the world economy is slowing down," the BI governor said.
"The relatively high economic growth of 6 percent has been supported by
the high domestic consumption and investments. Since the level of
domestic consumption is increasing, we predict that entrepreneurs will
be able to take advantage of the situation," Darmin said.
According to the BI governor, stable national economic growth is an
important factor for developing and building entrepreneurship in
Indonesia.
Besides, investments are also predicted to take over the role of public
consumption as the main driver of economic growth. But the shift from
consumption to investments will not affect the growth of entrepreneurs
as most of the investments are still directed to meet the domestic
demand.
"Right
now, public consumption is still dominant, but in 2013, investments
will have a bigger contribution than other sectors. Hence, investments
will be the dominant sector," Chief Economic Minister, Hatta Rajasa,
said recently.
The government's expectation about this shift in the driver of economic
growth, from public consumption to investments, was also echoed by the
Finance Minister, Agus Martowardojo.
The
investment sector will serve as a source of economic growth in 2013.
"In 2013, it will be the first time that the source of economic growth
will come from investments, whose contribution will exceed that of
public consumption," asserted the finance minister.
The prediction of steady investments and consumption will also help
boost the economic growth in 2013, which will exceed this year's target
of 6.5 percent.
In the 2013 state budget, the government and the parliament agreed to
set the economic growth at 6.8 percent and inflation rate at 4.9
percent.
Therefore, the BI Governor, Darmin Nasution, was certain that the
number of entrepreneurs could be increased. So, by 2015, the number of
entrepreneurs is expected to reach about 10 million.
This is a great leap forward, which will result in robust economic growth for Indonesia.
Even the State-owned Enterprise Minister, Dahlan Iskan, has predicted
that Indonesia's economy will grow and it will even exceed the economic
growth of Spain.
He said that Indonesia's economy could defeat Spain next year, given the present economic development in the country.
"We defeated the Netherlands last year. Next year, Indonesia could
possibly be ranked seventh or eighth, and as a result, defeating Spain,"
asserted Dahlan, on Monday.
He predicted that in the next 15 years, Indonesia's economy could
experience an extraordinary growth, similar to what the New Order
government had experienced. However, in the next 15 years, the
character of economic management would differ from that of the New Order
government.
During the New Order government, the economic benefits were only
enjoyed by a small number of people, but in the future, the economic
benefits will be shared among the people of the country, because there
would be no one to control the economic cake allocation.
"In the past, the big economic cake could only be enjoyed by certain
people. In the future, the person who controls the cake division will
not exist," Dahlan said.***2***
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