The government in Jakarta, meanwhile, has taken a strong stand against corruption and moved to address structural problems. Even demographic trends favor Indonesia, which, with 230 million people, is already the fourth largest country in the world by population – a full Germany (80-plus million) larger than Russia.
和其他亚洲国家相比（更不用说俄罗斯了），印尼对对出口的依赖性较小。本国丰富的原材料（包括木材，棕榈油，特别是煤炭）吸引了大量的外资。雅加达的政府在反对腐败问题上立场鲜明，现在更加强调制度建设的重要性。印尼的人口结构也有优势，目前人口2.3亿，是世界上第四大人口大国——相当于德国（八千多万）和俄罗斯人口加起来的总和。