Financing the infrastructure sector is a major challenge for Indonesia. The government simply does not have the financial muscle to fund all of the necessary infrastructure projects on its own. According to the Ministry of Public Works, Indonesia requires $192bn of infrastructure investment between 2010 and 2014. The government and state-owned...
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As Indonesia develops connectivity domestically, it has to begin thinking about international links. The emphasis to date has been on unifying the nation via the internet, and considerable progress has been made. The building of the internet backbone has been important in getting more of the remote corners of the archipelago online, while...
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In a series of bold steps to improve the infrastructure sector in the past few years, Indonesia has introduced regulatory reforms, expanded the space for private sector participation, extended investment risk guarantees, raised tariffs, passed the Land Acquisition Act and simplified registration processes. However, bureaucratic red tape, lack of...
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