With more than 17,500 islands spread across three time zones, Indonesia’s geography inevitably presents certain logistical challenges. The country, which lies on either side of the equator and whose islands are separated by the Java Sea, is noted for its rugged terrain, active volcanoes, tropical storms and mudslides, as well as its congested streets and poor infrastructure....
Few visitors to Jakarta will miss its notorious traffic. Indeed, Castrol’s Magnatec Stop-Start Index recently declared the capital the world’s most congested city. A number of factors have contributed to this gridlock over the years. Land use is one: only 6% of Jakarta’s land is dedicated to roads, compared to the roughly 15% needed for a modern city. Growing car ownership is...
Throughout the 2014 campaign for the presidency, Joko Widodo, the eventual winner, stressed the need to bring new blood into a system widely perceived as broken and corrupt. With Widodo now in the driver’s seat, the optimism and hope that often follow a change in leadership is coming to a head during his first year of office. The big questions on everyone’s mind are whether...
Long known for maintaining low fuel prices despite its large population, Indonesia has recently begun to take meaningful steps to reform a decades-old policy that has bloated federal budgets and often fallen short of its purported aim of helping the less fortunate. Policymakers in Indonesia, as in many countries around the world, have long seen energy subsidies as a quick and...
The year 2015 is a landmark one for South-east Asia, with the much-anticipated arrival of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) due by the end of the year. This event will have far-reaching consequences across a whole range of economic, political, social and cultural fields, with the impact on the transport sectors of ASEAN member states also likely to be profound. Given...
Although the focal point of renewable energy development in Indonesia has been geothermal resources, of which the country holds over a third of the global total, in recent years solar power has gained new attention as a viable source. As an equatorial country, Indonesia is well-placed to reap the benefits of new solar options, with off-grid projects offering new ways to...
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