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Ali Mulyagusdin, SE, MBA, Ak., CA
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Article 160 Is Still There. The Agency to Run It Is Not.
The Oil and Gas Bill does not repeal Article 160 of the Law on the Governing of Aceh, but Aceh's authority can still be pushed aside at the implementation stage. A review…
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RAPBA 2027 Janji Kemandirian, tapi Angkanya Hampir Tidak Beda
Kemandirian fiskal tercantum sebagai prioritas RAPBA 2027, tetapi empat angka utamanya hampir tidak berbeda dari RKPA,…
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Blang Padang Waqf: A Deed Is Not Proof of Authority
The Blang Padang waqf deed was issued with Sultan Iskandar Muda as wakif. But PSAK 412 requires two…
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Politics, Economics, and Justice: Power Decides the Fate of the People
The 2027 minimum wage is being set while the rules behind it are still unsettled. I propose Rantai Amanah as a way to test economic decisions.
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Internal Control in Cooperatives: Build It In, Do Not Patch It Later
Part of the Kampung Nelayan Merah Putih infrastructure is standing and the managers have been named. What is still unanswered: who…
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A Fiscal Cushion Still Too Small to Change Aceh
Dividends from the enterprises Aceh owns came to just 6.27 percent of Dana Otsus in 2025. Is a cushion that small…
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After Special Autonomy Ends, What Will Aceh Live On?
Aceh's Special Autonomy Fund is worth more than four times all the region's revenue sharing. If that transfer…
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A Recovery That Has Not Reached the Dinner Table
Aceh’s economic growth has already rebounded in the macro numbers, but it has not necessarily reached household income…
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The Irony of Single-Gate Exports: Aceh's Palm Oil Still Counted as Its Neighbor's Wealth
Single-gate exports through Danantara Sumberdaya Indonesia are now officially in effect, but most of Aceh's CPO still flows…
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Fluent Doesn't Mean Correct: The Safe Limits of AI for Business
The EY Canada report pulled after auditors found fabricated citations is a stark warning: AI output that sounds convincing is not the same as being true.
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Two Trains, One Track? The Oil and Gas Bill and BPMA's Fate
The Oil and Gas Bill heading toward October 2026 passage threatens Aceh's oil and gas autonomy. Here's what BPMA needs to guard before…
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From Fear in 2010 to Reality in 2026: Reading China's New Economic Direction and Aceh's Preparation
Sixteen years after a draft that was never finished, China’s slowdown to its weakest point since…
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AI at the Corporate Table
Real-world cases at Deloitte and Samsung show that an AI governance framework alone isn't enough if the five…
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Power Purchase Agreement and ESG-Loan: Corporate Balance Sheet 2026
Two amendments to IFRS 9 and IFRS 7 take effect 1 January 2026: one governs power purchase agreement contracts…
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Investors Are Queuing at KEK Arun, Serious Interest or Just Window-Shopping?
Investors are starting to queue up at KEK Arun before the Andaman Block profit-sharing is settled. Who is truly…
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The Balance Sheet Not Yet Written: From Power Plant to Port
The third part of Aceh's Destination Statement series: from geothermal at Seulawah, solar power at Sabang, to a planned logistics route…
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Two Crosscurrents: How Aceh Businesses Should Prepare for the IMF's July 2026 Projections
The IMF projects the world growing along two opposing crosscurrents: pressured by war and expensive energy, or lifted by technology…
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Canvas on the Water of Paya Seunara Reservoir, Sabang
The second of three pieces on Aceh's Destination Statement: a proposal for a floating solar plant at Paya Seunara Reservoir,…
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Courting Investors Before Profit-Sharing Is Settled, Isn't That Backwards?
Aceh is welcoming a new wave of investors to KEK Arun to process Blok Andaman gas, even as the profit-sharing dispute and gas-processing scheme with Jakarta remain unresolved. This reversed order carries risks both for investors and for Aceh's own bargaining position.
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When the Strait of Hormuz Boils Over, Time to Start Hedging?
Amid the US-Iran escalation in the Strait of Hormuz, OPEC+ is actually adding to supply. How this complexity ripples into Indonesia's state budget, then into Aceh, through two opposing paths.
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Danantara: Lessons Not Yet Learned in Aceh
One year of Danantara vs. BPK audit findings on two Aceh BUMDs: a WTP opinion is no guarantee of governance…
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The Map We Finally Have: Why Aceh's MSMEs Must Be Counted Before They're Helped
MSMEs Moving Up a Class need verified, valid, and reliable data, for the sake of raising capital, government assistance programs, and reaching commercial markets.
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The Missing Balance Sheet: Aceh Needs a Destination Statement Before 2045
Aceh has 15 geothermal spots and a 15-year zero Emission target could be sooner…
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Humane Entrepreneurship and the 3F Principle
Reflections from the 2015 ICSB ASEAN conference on Humane Entrepreneurship and the 3F principle (Fluid, Flexible, Fast), and…
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The Role of BUMDs in Developing Aceh's MSMEs
How Aceh's BUMDs support small business growth through the RAMPAGOE program, launched at the direct request of the Governor…
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Energy security: Aceh needs more women in boardrooms
Why Aceh's energy sector needs more women in boardrooms: on the energy transition, ESG leadership,…
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Aceh 2035 Without Drama: Assets Must Work
Aceh doesn't lack resources, what's lacking is follow-through: on idle state assets, industrialization…
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Bureaucratic rotation in the era of disruption: not a chair, but motivation
On bureaucratic rotation in the era of disruption: what determines the quality of the bureaucracy isn't who sits in the chair,…
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Sustain The Effort!
A practical guide to sustaining a business: recognizing real opportunities, weighing risk honestly, and building a team culture…
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The second principle; the consumer is key!
The second principle in Ciputra's entrepreneurship framework: the consumer is the most important person in any business, and…
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Building an Entrepreneurial Spirit
Building an entrepreneurial spirit with the MASK framework (Mindset, Attitude, Skill, and Knowledge), and why refusing to give up starts…
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The Spirit of “Entrepreneur Inside”
On finding the "Entrepreneur Inside": why our real potential only emerges once we commit to starting and keep…
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Burying Gravel A La Hodja
The Nasreddin Hodja parable about burying gravel, not gold, and the lesson it holds about knowledge, generosity, and…
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Building The House Of The Future
Using the metaphor of building a house to explain how to run a business: split your time 20% planning, 60% routine work,…
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Aceh, Look Ahead!!!
A 2017 call for Aceh to look ahead: why human capital, infrastructure, and reliable energy,…
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Sitting at the Coffee Shop: Good for the Brain
Research on Aceh's coffee shops (Keude Khupie) as spaces for sharing knowledge, and why that matters for our brain's productivity.
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Entrepreneur and Employee
No idea, however good, will work without buy-in from the team. How an entrepreneur builds ideas together…
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Mitfahren and SIM
Mitfahren's journey from Leipzig to Dresden, and a comparison of the process of obtaining a driver'S license in Germany versus Indonesia.
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Do We Still Need PT. SAI, Lhoknga?
2008 reflections on PT Semen Andalas Indonesia in Lhoknga, and the importance of equal relationships between industries…
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Let's Put Yes and No on Equal Footing
The story of a small mosque in Marburg, Germany: why it's hard for us to say “no”, and its relation to;
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I'm Not Stupid
A personal reflection on the difference between “not being smart” and “being stupid”, from a statistics course experience at Leipzig University,…