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Indonesia to be Asia's new $1-trillion economy

Yet the country has 28 million people living in poverty

Indonesia to be Asia's new $1-trillion economy
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Indonesia is on track to become a trillion-dollar economy and should be the envy of Southeast Asia. Yet on some key measures, the region’s biggest economy is falling behind. The nation lags neighbours on infrastructure development, faces a fiscal shortfall that’s heaping pressure on the state budget and still has 28 million people living in poverty. Here is a look: