News from 2014-12-10 / KfW Research

Indonesia – scaling back subsidies remains a tricky hot topic

The economy is growing at an impressive rate. Yet further reforms are necessary to keep this going. Funds for infrastructure development can be released by reducing questionable fuel price subsidies. Newly elected President Widodo has started down this path, but he must be consistent and stay on it.

Indonesia – scaling back subsidies remains a tricky hot topic

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