Escaping the middle income trap in Indonesia: an analysis of risks, remedies and national characteristics
However, in recent years Indonesia´s economic performance remained below those of East Asia’s most dynamic neighboring economies. Today, economists are concerned that Indonesia runs the risk of a middle-income trap. Economic inequality, structural deficits in the field of infrastructure, education as well as investment in advanced industrialization are among the main risk factors.
Basri, Faisal; Putra, Gatot Arya
Escaping the middle income trap in Indonesia
Jakarta, 2016
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