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Strengthening Indonesia’s engagement with Africa: A dual-track approach linking trade facilitation and development cooperation through Ghana

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This paper proposes strengthening Indonesia's engagement with West Africa through a dual-track approach linking trade facilitation and development cooperation, with Ghana as the operational anchor. Africa is a priority in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Strategic Plan 2025–2029, and bilateral trade with Ghana has grown from USD 257 million to USD 382 million between 2021 and 2025 (approximately 9% annually) without a trade-agreement framework. In contrast, the 2017 Indonesia–ECOWAS Preferential Trade Agreement proposal has stalled at the procedural stage for eight years. Three developments support the Ghana track: the Bio Farma–Atlantic Lifesciences vaccine joint venture entering Phase 2 of technology transfer, the approved reopening of the Indonesian Embassy in Accra, and Ghana's expressed openness to a bilateral PTA compliant with ECOWAS regulations. The paper proposes the Development-Led Trade Architecture (DELTA), an inter-ministerial task force integrating the Directorate of African Affairs, Directorate of International Development Cooperation, Indonesian Agency for International Development (LDKPI), and Ministry of Trade's Directorate General of International Trade Negotiations to use development cooperation as a trade-facilitation instrument. Implementation spans five years: Years 1–3 consolidate the Ghana foundation (Embassy reopening and Bio Farma scaling), while Years 4–5 pursue a bilateral preferential trade instrument with Ghana and broader replication. Year 1 deliverables include establishing the DELTA Task Force through Ministerial Regulation in Q1 2027 and producing a Joint Feasibility Study Indonesia–Ghana, with incremental MoFA costs of approximately IDR 1.4 billion from the 2027 budget.

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Ketersediaan

2026-2044

Sesdilu 80-2026

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Sesdilu 80-2026

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Jakarta : Kementerian Luar Negeri., 2026

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English

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UPT Sekolah Staf Dinas Luar Negeri

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