No such thing as a free lunch: counting the cost of Prabowo’s ‘free food’ program
Economy, Policy in Focus, Public healthUnofficial counts from Indonesia’s presidential election on 14 February suggest a comfortable victory for Prabowo Subianto. He brought a populist policy agenda to the table that appealed to Indonesia’s poor voters. Free food or makan gratis became a flagship program that Prabowo repeatedly promoted throughout the campaign. But just how feasible is this program?