Open Books, Open Questions: What Jakarta's Public Spending Dashboard Gets Right — and What It Still Hides
Jakarta has launched a real-time public expenditure tracker that puts provincial budget data in the hands of ordinary citizens — a meaningful step toward fiscal transparency in one of Southeast Asia's most consequential cities. But a close examination of the dashboard reveals both genuine achievements and notable blind spots that raise important questions about what government transparency actually requires. The comparison with US municipal accountability tools is instructive for anyone serious
