Prabowo Seeks Models to Have $1 Lunch Program Unlock 8% Growth
- Indonesia’s incoming government looks to India, China examples
- Prabowo must unlock youth potential to reach goal of 8% growth
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President-elect Prabowo Subianto is hoping his free school meals can unlock Indonesia’s growth potential. Two large Asian countries who’ve tread the same path offer lessons for the project’s success — and also serve as cautionary tales.
The former general has made offering 15,000 rupiah-worth ($1) lunches to schoolchildren for free a hallmark of his campaign to lower stunting rates and improve academic performance. He visited a school in Beijing to observe their food program, while his incoming vice president is in talks with India’s ambassador about the South Asian nation’s free lunch rollout.