The Huffington Post.

The buzz among foreign investors in Southeast Asia today is much about Myanmar and Cambodia, among the last frontier markets remaining in this part of the world. It is also about Indonesia, the largest country in the region, which has long been a draw for foreign investors because of its huge population and immense natural resources. Given that Indonesia has the potential to become an addition to the BRIC designation (some would argue it is already there), it is only natural that the country would be on the radar of so many foreign investors.

Indonesia is the largest Muslim population, world’s fourth-largest country and third-largest democracy.

Indeed, there is much appeal, for this moderate Islamic country has done many things right. It has made the transition to a thriving democracy, battled for many years — most successfully — against extremists among its ranks, and created a friendly foreign investment climate. It has even led the way among developing countries in creating a best practice-based guarantee facility for investors — the Indonesia Investment Guarantee Fund — which was co-founded in conjunction with the World Bank. So Indonesia has made impressive progress in transforming itself from a dictatorship to a democracy, over little more than a decade, and has laid down a well worn ‘welcome’ mat for foreign investors.

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