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Indonesians are “quite satisfied” with their country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, but are more “surprised” by how other countries are better prepared to deal with the global health crisis, according to a global survey.
The survey, conducted by Singapore’s social research agency Blackbox Research and digital market research company Toluna from April 3 to 19, gives Indonesia a relatively high index score of 48 points, slightly higher than the global average of 45 points, in COVID-19 Crisis performance.
The score ranks Indonesia 9th worldwide and 7th in the Asian region. The survey was conducted online and involved more than 12,500 respondents ages 18 to 80 in 23 countries.
Only 1 in 5 Indonesians, or 20 percent, said they were “angry and frustrated” as the world went through the coronavirus crisis. However, Indonesians top the list as most surprised at how well other nations were prepared to face the pandemic, with 70 percent expressing that view.
Blackbox Research founder and CEO David Black said the sentiment was the result of slow response by Indonesian authorities during the early stages of the pandemic, as well as the country’s limited testing capabilities compared to its southeastern counterparts. Asian.
“With neighboring countries like Singapore and Malaysia beginning to identify cases in early January, we can see why Indonesians are reflecting on how quickly other countries got going with the pandemic, compared to Indonesia, which only took action on early March”. David said in a statement made available to Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
Indonesia, which has now recorded more than 15,000 coronavirus cases and more than 1,000 deaths, reported its first two cases on March 2.
China is in first place with a score of 85, as most of its citizens rated the country’s performance “favorably”, followed by Vietnam with a score of 77 and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and India, both with a score. of 59 in the index.
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The survey noted that New Zealand, with 56 points, was the only Western nation with an index score above the world average, demonstrating that “citizens of Western countries are generally less satisfied with the performance of their countries.”
Japan ranks last in the survey, with an index score of 16 due to its poor political performance and business leadership, among other things, according to the Blackbox Research survey.
On the other hand, only seven of the political leaders of the 23 countries received a high rating for their response to the coronavirus crisis by at least 50 percent of their respective citizens. For Indonesia, the percentage stood at 37 percent, or below the world average of 40 percent.
Most Indonesians were also not satisfied with the performance of companies during the pandemic, as only 29 percent of them felt that business leaders had responded favorably to the health crisis, which is slightly above the world average for the 28 percent.
“Economies around the world have taken a heavy hit from COVID-19, and Indonesia, as the largest economy in Southeast Asia, has seen companies stoppage and reported its weakest pace since 2001,” Black said.
“While the Indonesian government has taken decisive steps to cushion the impact of COVID-19, expectations of an impending recession and workers affected by layoffs and unpaid forced vacations have led to the general feeling that business leaders are not facing the crisis. “
He stressed that COVID-19 was not the first and may not be the last global pandemic, and therefore leaders had to consider the lasting implications of the crisis to emerge from it “stronger and more resilient.”
Three things that people most want to see once the current crisis is over are a full economic recovery in six months, healthcare reforms and better use of technology to track contracts, Black added.
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