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

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

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,

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

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo's pledge to focus on human resources in his second term is set to benefit companies providing education, health care and entertai

Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that the country's Human Development Index (IPM) in 2018 reached 71.39 – up by 0.58 points or 0.82 percent compar

Dion Bisara, Jakarta – Indonesia's human development index – a composite measurement for a long and healthy life, good education and decent standard of living – rose to 71.39 in 2018,

Tip O'Neill, speaker of the US House of Representatives in the 1980s, famously declared that 'all politics is local'. The rule applies in Indonesia too.

Erwida Maulia and Shotaro Tani, Jakarta – With less than a month to go before election day, a grinning President Joko Widodo stood inside a jammed subway car and touted the opening of

Jakarta – The Public Works and Housing Ministry has said the ministry will complete the construction of 15 more dams this year to support the irrigation system in regions across country

Australia-based anthropologist Yamin Kogoya said there is too much emphasise on ramming the Indonesian state ideology down Papuans' throats.

Aman Rochman, Malang, East Java – A site thought to be from the Majapahit Kingdom has been found in Sekarpuro subdistrict, Malang regency, East Java, during the development of section

Jakarta – Investors want the government to now repay the funds they had spent to acquire land for toll road projects.

Jakarta (Antara) – Hasanuddin XIV regional military commander Major General Surawahadi has released 600 TNI (Indonesian military) soldiers to provide security for the construction of t

Winny Tang, Jakarta – Massive infrastructure projects by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have helped Indonesia improve its logistical performance, although the country still lags behind

Riska Rahman, Jakarta – State-owned companies in charge of infrastructure development are turning to creative financing to obtain funds for their projects as regular investors are relu

Jakarta – The construction of a bridge on the Trans Papua road in Nduga, West Papua, will be finished by the army (TNI AD).

Jakarta – Haj Fund Management Agency (BPKH) head Anggito Abimanyu denied on Thursday speculation that haj funds had been used to invest in infrastructure projects, stressing that the m

Ryan Dwiky Anggriawan, Jakarta – The Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno campaign team spokesman Dian Fatwa revealed that Prabowo will mainly talk about the concept of building the 'small pe

The Free West Papua Movement, or OPM, says it has political support in Papua New Guinea to push for negotiations with Indonesia.

Jakarta – The Committee for the Acceleration of Priority Infrastructure Provision (KPPIP) is targeting to complete 30 national strategic projects (PSN) worth Rp276.4 trillion in the th

Jakarta – The government's attempt to accelerate infrastructure development is facing a financial shortfall of Rp 187.5 trillion (US$12.92 billion), the Indonesian Infrastructure Societ

Indonesia's military will take over construction of a massive infrastructure project in Papua after a massacre of workers earlier this month.

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman, Jakarta – Education will become another focus of the government's development plans in Indonesia's easternmost provinces of Papua and West Papua after it mana

Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – Former commissioner of National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM), Natallius Pigai, opined the Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo's administration did not have thoughtful

Ray Jordan, Lampung – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo insists that work on the Trans Papua road project will continue despite the recent shooting of construction workers in Nduga regency

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo pledged on Wednesday that the government will press on with the construction of various projects in Papua, including the trans-Papua road projec

Paulina Quintao – The government of Timor-Leste and its partners including the United Nations and its agencies in Timor-Leste, Diplomatic Corps, and representatives of the private secto

Jakarta – Head of the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) Bambang Brodjonegoro said on Thursday the government had offered a number of infrastructure projects to the French g

Resty Woro Yuniar – Infrastructure projects Indonesia signed up to as part of China's Belt and Road Initiative are likely to be reviewed if former general Prabowo Subianto wins next yea

Jakarta – Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo has said involving the private sector in financing the government's infrastructure projects could boost economic growth to 6.5 percent fr

Jakarta – State-owned lender PT Bank Mandiri has given out Rp 165 trillion (US$10.9 million) this year for infrastructure projects within Indonesia for the construction of, among other

Jakarta – The government is planning to offer six infrastructure projects at the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings, which will be attended by representatives from 189 countries, in Bali ne

Jakarta – Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution has said that the construction of national strategic infrastructure projects may be postponed for up to six years as the governm

Jakarta (Antara) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) noted that Indonesia has been placed in the high human development category as the quality of life of the Indonesian people has continu

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Jakarta – LPI is the world's logistics performance index released by the World Bank every two years since 2012. It measures performance on trade logistics within a country.

Jakarta – Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has said that the government plans to develop 10 new airports to support the development of tourism in the country.

Jakarta – With only a year left to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's term in office, the government has only completed building 870 kilometers of 1,852 kilometers of toll roads that aime