Logistical nightmare, fiscal challenges – and Indonesia’s stunted children – await President-elect Prabowo’s landmark free meal initiative

Java, where the current investment Jakarta is located, is home to three of the biggest shipping docks in the country. Cities on the island are also connected by 1, 776 miles of toll roads, which accounts for 61 % of the entire length of the country’s toll roads.

In contrast, almost half of the 3, 446 miles of roads in the five Papua regions are not even built. Some locations are only accessible by air or by feet. &nbsp,

However, most of the items flowing to East Nusa Tenggara, a chain of islands which edges the Indian Ocean, rely on boats from Java’s Surabaya area which arrive around once a week.

Logistics will be the complimentary dinner programme’s biggest problem, some observers have noted. &nbsp,

In an editorial from August 21 MetroTV, news outlet MetroTV wrote that students and teachers in the far corners of this land sometimes have to risk their lives to find themselves educated.” Never mind using a boat to dangle on a gate that is on the verge of collapsing to go to school,”

The Center of Reform on Economics think tank’s Mdm Eliza Mardian echoed the mood, highlighting how some participants reside in rural areas with limited access to transportation. &nbsp,

Because of the great transportation costs, she warned that East Nusa Tenggara’s overall budget will balloon due to the demand for commodities like rice and beans from Java’s production centers.