Indonesia
Indonesia is in the Asia continent and the latitude and longitude for the country are 3.2591 degrees south, and 109.7028 degrees east. A few neighboring countries are Singapore, Thialand, and Austria.
Indonesia's biome is mainly rainforest because it is located near the equator.
The tallest mountain regoins in Indonesia are located in Jayawawijaya Mountains and the Sudirman Range in Papua.
The highest mountain peak is the Puncak Taya which is 16,024 feet tall, which is located in the Sudirman Mountains. Indonesia is actually highly unstable tectonically.
Major bodies of water in Indonesia are the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean, the North Pacific Ocean, and the Java Sea. These bodies of water are part of Indonesia's situation.
Neighboring countries that have to do with Indonesia are countries shown on the map below. These features have
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Biome & Features
Indonesia is located in the South East Asia region.
Globalization in Indonesia
Three factors that are among the major factors affecting Indonesia's economic globalization are policies on direct foreign investment, international trade, and the finance sector.
Direct Foreign Investment- Direct Foreign Investment allows legal framework for foreign investments in the country. This has led Indonesia to increase its accessibility and interaction with the outside world and to be more aware of and rely on market signals for the country's production orientation.
International Investment- Since mid-1980's Indonesia has used a series of trade deregulation to reduce high costs of doing business domestically and increase competitiveness of domestic production.
The Finace Sector- Indonesia started the 1980s with a highly regulated financial structure that was dominated by state banks, but reforms in 1983, 1988, and 1990 have led to a substantial deregulation of the finance sector. Reforms have resulted in in a substantial increase in the number of banks, the mobilization of domestic savings, and rapid growth in the amount of capital mobilized through the capital market.
Indonesia is a middle income developing country. It isn't a poor country, and it's actually one of the more appealing destinations for foreign investment. Now that Indonesian per capita income has reached $2,000 Indonesia can no longer be considered a developing, poor country, but rather a middle income developing country. Indonesia ranks 108th on the HDI scale. (Human Development Scale.) It's about in the middle of the scale because it's a middle developing country.
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History of Indonesia
Pre-historical Era- Fossils and remains of toolsshow that show that the Indonesian archipelago was inhabited by Homo erectus between between 1.5 million years ago and as recently as 35,000 years ago. Austronesian peoples migrated to South East Asia from Taiwan. They arrived in Indonesia around 2000 BCE, and when they spread through the archipelago they pushed the Melanesian peoples to the far eastern regions.
Hinduism & Buddhism Kingdoms Era- Hinduism and Mahayana Buddhism arrived in Indonesia in the 4th and 5th century when trade with India got intense under the southern Indian Pallava dynasty.
Islamic Era and European Colonization- Even though Muslim traders first travelled through South-East Asia early in the Islamic era, the earliest evidence of Islamised populations in Indonesia is to the 13th century in northern Sumatra.
New Order and Reformation Era- Indonesia was the country that was hit hardset by the late 1990s Asian financial crisis. This is what led to the popular protest against the New Order, which then led to Suharto's resignation in May 1998. Ever since this resignation, there has been a strenghtening of democratic processes. These processes have been some things such as a regional autonomy program, and the first direct presidential election in 2004.
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