Jakarta's fuel subsidy reform to deliver mixed results
The fuel subsidy reform sends the right signals to investors but its impact on the ground may disappoint
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- Adverse consequences
- Suppressed demand
- Inflation
- Positive consequences
- Illegal distribution
- Smuggling
- Legal loopholes and corrupt security sector
- Infrastructure push?
- Facing down the opposition
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_350.jpg "A driver sits inside his Bajaj auto rickshaw as he fills gas at a state-owned Pertamina gas station in Jakarta (Reuters/Beawiharta)")