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During the pandemic, governments in ASEAN and Northeast Asia spent big to support their economies. But pandemic-era policies must now be unwound against a backdrop of slower economic growth, higher inflation, and increased debt.
The absence of women from any of the presidential tickets in this year’s Indonesian elections underscores a deeper political and policy malaise in addressing gender inequality.
A crisis in education is impairing Indonesia’s aspirations for economic development. But all three candidates for this year’s presidential elections are offering more of the same.
Violent Hindu nationalism has accelerated at critical moments when putatively secular politicians have used religion to gain an electoral advantage. This process, a century in the making, is now culminating in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rejection of secularism.
Joko Widodo leaves a mixed economic legacy to his successor. Fixing a weak tax system and a lethargic energy transition will be two of the big challenges for Indonesia’s next president.