Joko Widodo is putting money into roads, power plants and airports in pursuit of higher growth. Neighbors will watch closely.
Infrastructure
18 million vehicles clog the city’s streets every day. Emissions from these vehicles accounted for 47 per cent of the air pollution in the capital according to a 2016 study.
While Komodo tourism generates significant cash for one of Indonesia’s poorest regions, it has also brought trash, human encroachment and occasional lizard smuggling. “Indonesia needs to diversify its tourism destinations.”
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was thinking about management overhaul when he appointed Eko Putro Sandjojo as the villages, disadvantaged regions and transmigration minister in 2016.
Depending who you ask, Cosmo Park is an ingenious urban oasis or an ill-conceived dystopia.
The advanced research was focused on the excavation of certain locations to examine the liquefaction phenomenon that occurred in Palu and surrounding areas on September 28, 2018.
Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab on Monday said it will invest $2 billion into Indonesia over five years, marking its biggest commitment in the region’s most populous market.
Widodo is aiming to build motorways worth US$70 billion and stretching across 5,400km, triple the length of the current road network. The road projects will be part of a US$400 billion…
A lack of logistics infrastructure and a skills shortage are among the forces exacerbating the devastating aftermath of natural disasters in Indonesia. Read more
Projected to reduce travel time between Surabaya and Malang from four hours to less than one, the newly opened Pandaan-Malang Toll Road Read more
More than twenty years in the making, the new MRT was inaugurated on Sunday 24 March 2019 in Jakarta. According to Jokowi, Read more
In 2019, infrastructure and human resources are a major focus for the Indonesian government. Gearing up for the April elections, Jokowi has Read more
Infrastructure was a major theme of the second presidential debate, with Jokowi emphasising the progress made under his leadership through the development Read more
The first light rail transit (LRT) system in Indonesia officially commenced operations in Palembang, South Sumatra on 1 August 2018. Construction began Read more
The Indonesian Ministry of Transportation estimated around 20 million are participating in this year’s annual ‘mudik’ – the exodus of people travelling Read more
Indonesia has reached another infrastructure milestone with the completion of the new Ahmad Yani International Airport in Semarang, Central Java. While not Read more
