Sharia Industry Urged to Take Part in Financing Infrastructures
11 October 2018 09:38 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati urged investors and Indonesian sharia finance people to be involved in funding infrastructure projects, especially the ones that take form in the government – business entities cooperation, known as KPBU.
“Based on Indonesia’s needs upon infrastructure development, there is still a gap that must be filled by us. This is why a sharia-based financing in the KPBU could act as an alternative platform that is great for the local or global scale,” said Sri Mulyani in a written statement on Wednesday, October 10.
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Minister Sri Mulyani had the chance to discuss this matter with investors at the Roundtable on Islamic Infrastructure Finance, which is part of the IMF-World Bank annual meeting at the Bali International Convention Center in Nusa Dua, Bali.
The minister said that the past decade saw Islamic finance has become a segment that has rapidly developed within the global financial industry. Based on a latest report, Sri Mulyani said that global infrastructure would need funds up to USD 3 trillion to USD 4 trillion
annually up to the year 2030.
MUHAMMAD HENDARTYO
