6 months on, is Prabowo’s free meals programme living up to its lofty promises?
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Indonesia’s free meals programme was touted as a potential driver of local economic growth and job creation. But the promise is far from realised, say economists, health experts and small local businesses. JAKARTA: Dewi could only let out a long sigh and watch in silence as a white van pulled up to the elementary school just down the road from her house in the southern outskirts of Jakarta, delivering packed lunch for some 300 students as part of President Prabowo Subianto’s free meals
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