Photo by Ron Lach on Pexels.com Floods across Indonesia in 2025, stretching from Sumatra to Java, have been among the most severe hydrometeorological disasters the country has seen in decades. Hundreds of people have died, and infrastructure has suffered heavy damage. More than a million residents in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra were directly … Lanjutkan membaca Climate is part of the problem, but spatial planning also plays a major role.
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Infrastructure can drive growth, but social outcomes are conditional
Photo by Kelly on Pexels.com Building infrastructure is difficult. Building a city is harder.Roads and buildings can be delivered on schedule, but a city only comes alive when its social systems, such as jobs, housing, and public spaces, work for the people who live there. Research in development economics shows that infrastructure investment supports economic … Lanjutkan membaca Infrastructure can drive growth, but social outcomes are conditional
How Indonesia’s new capital can turn sustainability from rhetoric into reality through infrastructure.
Infrastructure is not just what we build for today, but what we leave behind for those who must live with its consequences.
AI can make bureaucracy faster but without institutional reform, it won’t make government smarter
Governments around the world, including Indonesia, are embracing artificial intelligence to improve public services. But international evidence shows that AI boosts productivity only when civil servants retain decision-making authority and institutions invest in data governance and human capability. Without those reforms, technology risks accelerating old bureaucratic problems rather than solving them.
Why economic growth targets can turn progress into a policy dogma
The real danger is not failing to grow, but growing so confidently that we stop asking where we are heading
Why Indonesia’s Productivity Problem is not about Workers, but about Policy
Productivity reflects the state’s capacity to make coherent decisions, allocate resources effectively, and create incentives for value creation
Economic Growth and the Limits of Development: Lessons from Sumatra
At the national level, the imbalance is even more apparent. With Indonesia’s GDP at about IDR 20,000 trillion, an extra 3 percentage points of growth would add roughly IDR 600 trillion. Yet a single major disaster in Sumatra has already erased more than one-tenth of that additional value in just weeks. This calculation covers only one region, one disaster, and one period.
“Resep” menuju Krisis Sistemis
Dalam pemberitaan dua bulan terakhir ini, kita menyimak protes publik terhadap (in)efisiensi alokasi anggaran, korupsi, peningkatan biaya pendidikan, serta pemutusan hubungan kerja di di sektor manufaktur serta lainnya. Birokrasi pemerintah pun sudah dianggap gagal menciptakan melakukan perbaikan tata kelola untuk efisiensi. Jumlah kementrian/lembaga (K/L) bertambah hampir sepertiga jumlah semula sehingga turut menambah pengeluaran dan mengakibatkan … Lanjutkan membaca “Resep” menuju Krisis Sistemis
Kunci Sukses Indonesia Emas 2045 menurut Prinsip-Prinsip Kekuatan Global
Sumber: tampilan website Indonesia Emas 2045 Ray Dalio, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail (2021), atau kita sebut saja “Principles” muncul pada waktu yang tepat. Buku Principles memberikan inspirasi mengenai hal-hal berpengaruh terhadap keberhasilan Indonesia menjadi negara maju. Buku juga dapat menjadi landasan evaluasi apakah “sejarah” Indonesia memang … Lanjutkan membaca Kunci Sukses Indonesia Emas 2045 menurut Prinsip-Prinsip Kekuatan Global
Mengevaluasi PSN: Mewaspadai Megaproyek Machiavelli
Evaluasi terhadap tata kelola membuka peluang untuk memperbaiki proses pengambilan keputusan, membangun praktik etik, dan mematuhi standar transparansi.
Deep Planning 