In Middle-income Countries, Inequality Becomes A Problem

I Have My Own Experience In Indonesia, Of Course. Sometimes In These Transition Situations, The New Governments Are Still Clumsy And Awkward In Responding To This New Environment In Which They Operate. The Only Thing In Their Dna Is The Old Regime.

People Feel They Are Not Participating In The Decision-making Process. Decisions Are Exclusive To Those At The Very Top. You Have Grown Up With Crony Capitalism And It Creates Ever More Resentment.

The Problem Of The Food Price Is Structural. The Growth Of Demand Cannot Be Checked In That It Is Coming From Middle Income Countries Demanding More Quality And More Quantity Of Food. High Demand Is Here To Stay.

People Now, Especially With The Internet, Are Connected. They Have An Expectation Of Behaviour, Of Accountability, Avoiding Conflict And Fair And Just Competition.

Many Developing Countries Are Enjoying Demographic Changes. They Have A Younger Demographic Composition So They're Not Burdened By Legacy Policy. Now, If You Combine This With A Good Macro Policy And Ambitious Structural Policy, Those Countries Are Able To Move More Flexibly And Be More Agile.