A $34 billion pipe dream

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Dec. 5, 2022

The Point Zero Nusantara during the flag-raising ceremony in August. Photographer: Adek Berry/AFP

Read the story With its gleaming offices, electric buses and economically productive residents, Nusantara is the quintessential modern metropolis — smack in the middle of a vast rainforest. What government brochures don't show clearly is where Indonesia will find $34 billion to build a new capital city from scratch.  Read The Big Take.

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