A New Frontier

Taking Stock of the Development Agenda

Indonesia is poised to begin a new era under the government of President Joko Widodo, who won the elections six months ago. As announced during his campaign, Jokowias Joko Widodo is popularly knownidentified three major problems facing Indonesia: threats to the authority of the state, weaknesses in the economic pillars, intolerance and crisis of the national character. Based on these three major problems, Jokowi launched his nine-priority agenda, known as Nawacita. His priority is to improve productivity and competitiveness and to achieve economic independence by re-directing strategic sectors towards the domestic economy.

April 21, 2015