Digital platforms actively contribute to Indonesia’s economy
A workshop focusing on benefits brought by digital platforms, especially contributions by Grab to Indonesia’s economic development, was held by the Centre Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Tenggara Strategics in Jakarta on July 23.
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Jakarta (VNA) - A workshop focusing on benefits brought by digital platforms,especially contributions by Grab to Indonesia’s economic development, was heldby the Centre Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Tenggara Strategics inJakarta on July 23.
Speaking at the event, Director of Tenggara Strategics Riyadi Suparno said theevent aims to encourage and promote growth of commercial activities on digitalplatforms in Indonesia in particular and in Southeast Asia and the world ingeneral.
Grab is said to be a leading model in taking advantages of digital platforms tobring benefits to both Indonesia’s economy and local consumers.
The workshop was hoped to collect opinions to help the Indonesian Government makespecific polices to encourage digital economic models. It also offered a goodchance for local firms to approach and fully tap strengths of technology toserve their development.
According to economist Yose Rizal from the CSIS, in 2018, Grab contributed 48.9trillion rupiah (3.5 billion USD) to the Indonesian economy, creating jobs and stableincome for about 300,000 labourers being at risk of unemployment in thecountry.
About 60 percent of Indonesia’s population is using Grab’s services for their dailytravel, 26 percent of them students.
Yose said that digital technology of Indonesia has great potential fordevelopment and can become an important platform for the country’s comprehensiveeconomic development.-VNA
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A customer accesses a ride-hailing application as app-based motorcycle taxi drivers wait on the roadside near Palmerah Station in Jakarta (Source: thejakartapost.com)
