Indonesia is taking on more debts to cover a budget deficit and to prop up development projects. The infrastructure spending budget is being raised by 44 percent.

If we talk about Indonesia’s infrastructure, it is not about extravagant spending. This is not a matter of us wanting to appear a certain way. This is a need. A necessity." These words uttered by Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati during her recent visit to Tempo’s offices forme