JAKARTA -- As Indonesia looks toward the presidential election on Feb. 14, the candidates have set ambitious growth targets of up to 8% annually, hoping to vault the Southeast Asian country to advanced-economy status by 2045.
But the latest gross domestic product figures show that Indonesia's growth rate has stayed around 5%, and that the economy continues to face uncertainty abroad, raising questions about how the next president will reach that lofty goal.
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