Indonesia’s key to escape middle-income trap lies in quality jobs for its young people

A young cleaning worker at a shopping mall in South Tangerang, in Indonesia's Banten province. - ST

JAKARTA: Years of work at a factory enabled Sari Sartika Dewi to enrol as a law student at a private university in Karawang, West Java, in 2018.

Successfully juggling her full-time job and studies, she earned a bachelor’s degree in 2022. With it, the 34-year-old divorcee hopes she can find a more decent job.