With projects falling flat and debt payments looming, political candidates and Indonesia’s 200 million voters are increasingly splintering over whether the country has built too much too quickly. - AFP
JAKARTA: The key to unlocking the potential of the world’s largest archipelago is connecting more than 17,000 islands in South-east Asia with an extensive network of airports, trains and toll roads.
That was the grand vision of Indonesian President Joko Widodo when he took office a decade ago, earmarking almost US$800 billion for an infrastructure-building push that’s dwarfed the outlay of far bigger economies.
