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The changing vision of Nusantara
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo expands the scope of his new capital city amid a wait-and-see attitude by investors
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A palm oil plantation at a village near Indonesia's projected new capital, Nusantara National Capital, Sepaku, East Kalimantan province.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Johannes Nugroho
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Project Nusantara – Indonesia’s US$32.8 billion (S$43.5 billion) undertaking to move its capital city from Jakarta to an undeveloped site in East Kalimantan
The original case was that Indonesia needed a replacement capital city for Jakarta which, as Mr Widodo explained in 2019, “was doddering under its own weight for being the centre of government, finance, business, trade and services all at the same time”.
