Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The Public Works and Public Housing Ministry will suspend a number of infrastructure projects following the ministry's decision to reallocate a large part

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing Ministry has sped up its cash-funded labor-intensive programs for people in rural areas.

Christopher Ryan – In 2015, The Government of Timor-Leste committed the post-conflict country to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while working closely with the United Nations

Human development index figures are improving in Papuan provinces of Indonesia.

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Friski Riana, Jakarta – Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said the government was seeking solutions to a variety of problems occurring in Papua.

Tara Marchelin, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry has issued a fiscal stimulus to boost economic activities in Indonesia, which have slowed down considerably recently as a result of the d

Adrian Wail Akhlas and Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide around US$2.7 billion in loans this year to support Indonesia's human capital, in

Antara, Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing Ministry will complete construction on eight major water dams in 2020 as part of the National Strategic Program.

Adrian Wail Akhlas, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry is set to issue project-linked Sharia sovereign bonds (SBSN) this year to fund the development of 728 projects worth Rp 27.35 trillio

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – For the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, to come to fruition, a collaborative effort involving the private and public sectors is ne

Joao da Cruz Cardoso – Timor-Leste's Strategic Development Plan 2011-2030, commonly referred to as the SDP, aims to make Timor-Leste an upper middle-income country by 2030.

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Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated three sections of the Balikpapan-Samarinda toll road in East Kalimantan on Tuesday.

Ivany Atina Arbi, Jakarta – For the first time in its history, Indonesia has made it into the United Nation's high human development category thanks to its improved ranking in the 2018

Norman Harsono, Jakarta – The Office of the Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister estimates that US$137 billion worth of investment are in the pipeline for infrastructu

Jakarta – Indonesia remains in the group of countries with high human development index despite no gain in ranking, according to a report by the United Nations Development Programme, o

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Indonesia's human development index has moved up to high category for the first time ever after being stuck on the medium category for the last twenty years.

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – The government plans to build more than 5,000 kilometers of new roads in the next five years to improve connectivity to seaports, industrial zones, touris

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – A researcher of Papuan studies at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Aisah Putri Budiarti, assessed an approach based on infrastructure often implemen

Jakarta – Indonesian President Joko Widodo will officially open a new $128 million bridge in Papua on Monday amid a renewed pledge to develop one of the country's poorest regions, whic

Jakarta – On the last day of his three-day visit to the country's easternmost regions, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo visited Wouma Market in Wamena, Jayawijaya regency, Papua and prom

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jayapura – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated the 732-meter Youtefa Bridge in Jayapura, Papua on Monday on the last leg of his three-day trip to Papua a

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Indonesia has launched an international aid agency to strengthen its diplomatic relations in the region, but played down the role of Papua-related diplomacy in

Byniniek karmini, Jakarta – In fisherman Saimin's fly-strewn riverside slum, less than an hour's drive from Indonesia's presidential palace, much of the age-old problems President Joko

Jakarta – Indonesia launched an international aid agency on Friday to strengthen its regional diplomatic relations, some of which have been strained by Jakarta's approach to the restiv

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – Public Housing and Public Works Minister Basuki Hadimuljomo said the government plans to build 2,500 kilometers of toll road within the next five years, or in t

Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani urged stakeholders to build more digital infrastructure as the digital economy would play an important role in the country's economic growth.

The Balinese People's Forum to Reject Reclamation (ForBALI) is urging Indonesia's Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) to issue a strict prohibition on infrastr

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – "Next year we will start building a presidential palace in Papua," President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said on Tuesday morning in front of dozens of Papuan f

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has promised to build a new presidential palace in Papua, despite difficulties to find suitable land for such project.

Jakarta – State-owned construction company PT Hutama Karya is finishing up construction on two toll road sections under the trans-Sumatra project and planning to inaugurate both later

James Massola, Dili – Millions of dollars of Chinese heavy machinery and at least 20 Chinese workers are sitting idle on East Timor's south coast, waiting to resume work on multimillio

Laurentina Barreto Soares, Melbourne – This month, Timor-Leste is in a festive mood, celebrating the 20th anniversary of its independence referendum.

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo targets a narrower deficit in his 2020 state budget, staying true to his original vision of developing local talents to strengthen

Rachmadea Aisyah, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will continue with his human capital development focus in the first year of his second term as his administration has designe

Riza Roidila Mufti, Jakarta – Nine toll road routes as long as 406.14 kilometers are set to be inaugurated in stages this year as part of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's infrastructur

Siti Sadida Hafsyah, Jakarta – Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) researcher Cahyo Pamungkas says that the Trans Papua Highway has yet to bring any benefits to the Papuan people.

Jakarta – The Indonesia Toll Road Authority (BPJT) announced that the country aims to open 400 kilometers of new toll roads this year to have a total of 2,000 km of toll roads in opera

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has pledged to continue his infrastructure programs in his second and final five-year term, with a focus on connecting the existing infrastruct

Jakarta – The Central Jakarta Bina Marga Road Agency revealed on Tuesday that it had allocated Rp 50 billion (US$3.5 million) to renovate 194 roads in the municipality.

Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, Jakarta – The government has showcased Indonesia's numerous infrastructure projects to foreign investors during an investment forum in London that was met with

Iqra Anugrah, Jakarta – I met Sugeng, a fisher and a community organiser in my research trip to Kendal District, Central Java earlier this year before the Indonesian general elections.

Christian Lee, Jakarta – The World Bank's board of executive directors has approved a $49.6 million loan to Indonesia to finance its National Urban Development Project.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The Trans-Java and Trans-Sumatra highways are expected to be completed during the second term of President Joko Widodo, shortening travelling times and openin

Jakarta – State-owned toll road operator PT Jasa Marga has said it had stopped all projects that could hamper traffic during the annual Idul Fitri exodus, when millions of people will

Harry Suhartono and Karlis Salna, Jakarta – Indonesia is drafting ambitious plans for more than $400 billion in building projects, from constructing 25 airports to new power plants, as

Jakarta – The China-backed Jakarta-Bandung fast train project reached an important milestone on Tuesday with the completion of the Walini Tunnel, the first of 13 underground passages a

Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo expressed his optimism towards Indonesia becoming a fully-developed nation.

Jakarta – The government plans to develop 4,479.33 kilometers of toll roads by 2030 in addition to the 1,500 km toll road projects that are to be completed in 2024 to support mobility,