Does the Pandemic Stop Infrastructure Progress in Indonesia?

In Indonesia, there is a disparity of the infrastructure development between the eastern part and the western part of the country where 80% of national economic growth is attributed to the western part. [...] In order to recover from the pandemic and make sure that the state budget is spent efficiently with the highest value for money, there is a need to ensure that the budget spent is in line with the performance of infrastructure development to avoid experience in 2019 where infrastructure projects underperformed with only 46% of 223 national strategic projects plan were achieved. [...] Information on tender is lacking For more vendors to be able to participate in the infrastructure projects and for the public to monitor the process, tenders should have more detailed information. [...] This lack of information can reduce the opportunity not only for vendors to be able to participate in the public procurement process but also for the public to help monitor infrastructure projects. [...] ● More advanced planning (tender in the first quarter) is required to reduce the number of construction tenders carried out in the last quarter of the year.