Indonesia: Problems, progress and promise

After years of unfulfilled promise, there is the whiff of optimism in Indonesia as government tackles tangled economic and political challenges. Euromoney spoke to Indonesia’s finance minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, about problems, progress and promise. Chris Leahy reports.

Indonesia’s finance minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati
“The current situation has a combination of hope and challenges, and they need to be managed carefully”

AT THE POLITICALLY tender age of 42, Dr Sri Mulyani Indrawati bears a heavy burden on her slight frame. At the fiscal helm of a developing nation of 200 million people in the midst of the greatest political and legal reform since independence, Mulyani appears to carry her office with an equanimity that belies the scale of the challenges.

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