Economic Outlook 2016: Getting Back On Track INDONESIA’S economic slowdown in 2015 can be attributed to plummeting commodity prices and the plunging value of the rupiah. Yet the outlook for next year will remain cloudly, given the uncertain conditions of the global economy, as in  China, Indonesia’s biggest trade partner and the US, where the Federal Reserve still mulls over increasing its interest rates. Indonesia would do best to continue developing its domestic economy, one economic policy package after another, as it prepares to compete in the newly-launched ASEAN Economic Community. Outreach: The Promise Of Cornucopia THREE decades ago, the New Order government was hell-bent on achieving rice self-suffi ciency. Staple food like corn, tubers and sago was sidelined. But today, the tables are turned and the government is now pushing for the production and consumption of non-rice products as an alternate staple food. This is good news for non-rice farmers who feel they’ve beeen given a second chance. Is the trend catching on and how are corn growers faring? A Tempo English report to commemmorate World Food Day on October 16. Investigation: Pharmaceutical Payoffs INDONESIA is Southeast Asia’s biggest medicinal drug market. Unfortunately, this Rp69 trillion business involves an unhealthy collusion between the pharmaceutical industry, the medical profession and the hospitals. Tempo follows the money trail in this indepth report of broken ethical codes and broken trust.

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