Electronic Government Improves Public Service Delivery in Sragen District

The ADB-supported E-Office project enables business license applicants in Sragen District, Central Java to monitor the status of their application via internet. Read More

Taking a Close Look at Pension Systems in East and Southeast Asia

Old-age income support will be a major social and economic challenge for Asia in this century. The book, Pension Systems and Old-Age Income Support in East and Southeast Asia, gives an overview and diagnosis of the pension systems of eight countries in East and Southeast Asia. Read More

Rising Risk of Deep Eurozone-US Recessions Poses Threat to Asia

Economic growth in emerging East Asia will continue to moderate into 2012 as growing sovereign debt problems in Europe and an anemic US economy raise the spectre of a deep global economic downturn, says ADB’s latest Asia Economic Monitor. Read More

Indonesia Road Upgrades to Pave Way for Better Life for Poor Communities

ADB will help Indonesia upgrade low-quality roads along key national routes to unlock growth, investment and livelihood opportunities in some of the country’s less developed, impoverished areas. Read More

Overview

Indonesia is a founding member of ADB since 1966 and through December 2010 has received 298 sovereign loans amounting to $25.6 billion. Including cofinancing, Indonesia received 512 technical assistance (TA) projects amounting to $341.8 million, and 23 grants amounting to $415.0 million. The sectors with the largest shares in cumulative lending are: (i) Public Sector Management (17.2%), (ii) Agriculture (15.3%), (iii) Energy (14.5%), and (iv) Finance (14.4%).

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Fast Facts

18.7% (2009)
of the population lived on less than $1.25 a day

13.3% (2010)
of the population lived below the national poverty line

80.0% (2008)
of the population used an improved drinking water source