11 November 2010

Thinking of Living, Working or Doing Business in Bali?

This is a short introduction to a series of pieces on the ins and outs of living, working --and if you choose to-- setting up a business in Indonesia. It will stretch the limits of credulity.

Because the bureaucracy is a labyrinth of byzantine inefficiency, corruption and incompetence that boggles the mind. Yet once you successfully jump through the hoops or emerge from the maze (choose your metaphor), Indonesia has much to offer.  But be forewarned. It is still a third world country.

When I first came to Indonesia, though I had lived around the world, I soon realised none of the common sense that operates elsewhere worked here...

More to follow....

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