Jakarta, May 2 -- The Indonesian government received a road map on the country's accession to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) during the organization's ministerial meeting in Paris, France, on Thursday.

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, who represented the government at the meeting, said that the handover of the road map is a follow-up to the accession process of Indonesia to the OECD.

"Since OECD represents 80 percent of the world's trade and investment, the membership and standards within the organization are critical to ensure an inclusive and sustainable global economy," he informed in a statement received from his ministry in Jakarta.

By becoming an OECD member, he sa...