A Rebel Economist, Architect of Indonesia’s Development
Monday, June 1, 2026
Sumitro once drafted a vision for Indonesia toward the year 2000. President Prabowo’s command economy stands in contradiction to his father’s ideas.
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LONG before population growth began shaping the course of Indonesia’s development, Sumitro Djojohadikusumo had already reflected on demographic dynamics in his essay Indonesia Toward the Year 2000. Published in the journal Prisma in early April 1975, Sumitro—then serving as Minister of State for Research— outlined a vision for Indonesia through the end of the 20th century.
One of the article’s central themes was the
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