About Nusantara Economics

Nusantara Economics was a blog about economics; mainly focused on public sector issues (chiefly infrastructure), development economics, and Indonesia. It is now largely defunct, but is being kept online for posterity.

The opinions expressed on this blog are the author's own, and do not reflect those of any of his employers, clients, or counterparts, past, present or future.

About the Author

John Cheong-Holdaway is an economist and public policy professional working on infrastructure, and the delivery of energy and other essential public services, with a particular interest in the interface between the public and private sectors in creating value for society.

John has a long association with Indonesia, having lived there off and on since childhood. He returned home to Australia from Jakarta in 2017, and now works on energy and climate policy in Australia.

For further information about John, please refer to his LinkedIn page.