Indonesia is poised for a boom—politics permitting
Inconsistent policymaking may yet undermine its progress
Indonesians are used to near-anonymity on the world stage. John Riady, a scion of Indonesian business, once joked that his country was the planet’s biggest invisible object. But under the bonnets of new electric vehicles (EVs) and on apps used by hundreds of millions of customers, South-East Asia’s largest economy is rapidly becoming more visible.
This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “Thousand-island progressing”
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