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Two Sides of Inequality in Fast Growing Indonesia

Geoff Riley

12th December 2015

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Two residents of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta live almost side by side, yet they are separated by income inequality. Both explain that not everyone has benefited from Indonesia’s economic growth. This short video looks at the lives of people who remain extremely poor despite the rise in per capita incomes in Indonesia.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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