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Tag: Infrastructure President

Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Why Widodo really wants out of Jakarta

by John McBeth August 30, 2019February 18, 2020

His legacy as Indonesia’s “Infrastructure President” already secure, Joko Widodo is wasting no time in ensuring that his decision to move the national capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan will become the crowning achievement of a leader determined to shift the country’s balance of power away from the dominant island of Java. With legislation being […]

Indonesian President Joko Widodo gestures during a visit to Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project in Jakarta on February 23, 2017. Photo: AFP/Adek Berry
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia

Widodo has Jakarta’s MRT on the right track

by John McBeth July 13, 2018February 18, 2020
An official drives a motorcycle during an inspection at a new toll road Salatiga-Bawen section in Salatiga, Central Java province, Indonesia June 8, 2017. Photo: Antara Foto/Aloysius Jarot Nugroho via Reuters
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Middle East, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Headed nowhere fast on Java’s road of dreams

by John McBeth June 4, 2018February 18, 2020

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