Indonesia

  • The Country of Perpetual Potential: Indonesia’s Barriers in Renewable Energy Transition

    The Country of Perpetual Potential: Indonesia’s Barriers in Renewable Energy Transition

    Indonesia, with a renewable energy potential of 3,692 GW, is among the most resource-rich countries in the world for sustainable energy development. However, between 2020 and 2023, renewable energy usage increased only from 2% to 3%. This accounted for approximately 14.5% of the nation’s electricity generation, which falls short of…

  • Income Inequality Despite Economic Growth

    Income Inequality Despite Economic Growth

    Emerging economies are facing the same type of income inequality that recent protests have highlighted in developed countries.

  • Why Migrate When You Have TV?

    Why Migrate When You Have TV?

    There is little doubt that media dominates modern life. But is media’s influence so great that it affects where we decide to live?

  • Fuel of Uncertainty

    Biofuels are either essential to our energy independence and efforts to combat climate change or a boondoggle that threatens global food security. The World Bank’s Govinda R. Timilsina and Ashish Shrestha analyze this disconnect in “How Much Hope Should We Have for Biofuels?”, which weighs findings from dozens of studies…