Although the COVID-19 pandemic ensured Indonesia’s GDP is expected to contract by 1 percent in 2020, Southeast Asia’s largest economy is set to bounce back strongly this year. Lawyers in the country talk about how the pandemic impacted their work, and also some of the important lessons they have taken away from this period.
At the time of writing, Indonesia’s massive vaccination drive is underway, with President Joko Widodo having been the most high-profile recipient. And the vaccine is expected to provide a much needed shot in the arm to Indonesia’s economy. The country’s GDP is expected to contract by 1 percent in 2020, according to figures from the Asian Development Bank, and then grow by 5.3 percent this year, a marginal improvement on the growth rates seen in 2018 and 2019.