Kumparan | Indonesia as an Upper-Middle-Income Country, Former Finance Minister Proposes Shifting Fuel Subsidies to Renewable Energy

Former Finance Minister, Bambang Brodjonegoro, stated that fuel subsidies should no longer be implemented because Indonesia is currently classified as an upper-middle-income country. He mentioned that fuel subsidies were an instrument used when Indonesia was still a low-income country.

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