REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BOGOR – Lacking of entrepreneurs made Indonesia less competitiveness that led to the increasing imported goods and land conversion intead of creating new jobs. Minister of Finance, Agus DW Martowardojo, said that on Saturday in his keynote speech in Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB).

To be a developed country with big value of trade balance and high export, he continued, being rich natural resources was not enough as the most important thing is human resources factor. Qualified human resources are expected to create more jobs for Indonesians, in which being entrepreneur is an option to open huge opportunity.

"Entrepreneur is a person with initiative, ability to find the opportunity, and vision. Entrepreneur also has the innovation to develop the natural resources to create ordinary to extraordinary things,” he said.

It was unfortunate, he added, Indonesia was still lacking of entrepreneur. Fact says, most of graduates choose to be job seekers instead of create employment, as now around unemployed diplomas, bachelors, masters, and doctoral graduates reaches 1.1 million.

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