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Economic reform the biggest challenge for Jokowi 2.0

These should be the best of times for Indonesia. But curiously, they are not.

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Viewed in the long sweep of history, Indonesia’s first two decades of democracy have been quite remarkable.

In the late 1990s, the economy was in the middle of the one of the deepest economic crises in recent global history. The 32-year authoritarian rule of former president Suharto ended ingloriously, with no political road map for succession.

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Hal Hill is the HW Arndt Professor Emeritus of Southeast Asian Economies at The Australian National University.

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