Indonesia growth: 5% is not good enough

Indonesia’s president-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has promised GDP growth of 7% by 2019. However, infrastructure is in a parlous state, commodity prices – the country’s main export – are falling and an impending cut to fuel subsidies could prove a hot potato. Mirza Adityaswara, senior deputy governor at Bank Indonesia, the country’s central bank, told FinanceAsia at BI’s Jakarta offices what needs to be done to fulfill the country’s oft-touted potential.