Bogor, Feb. 11 -- Mari Elka Pangestu, newly appointed World Bank's managing director of development policy and partnerships, projects Indonesia's 2020 first-quarter economic growth to remain in the five-percent range despite rising global economic pressure over the coronavirus outbreak.

"I think we expect (the economic growth) to lie at around five percent, yes," Pangestu stated after a meeting with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) at the Bogor Palace, West Java, on Tuesday.

Pangestu spoke of a possibility of Indonesia's economic growth in the first quarter of 2020 to be below five percent. However, the opportunity to maintain economic growth in the range of five percent is still open if the government is able to offer stimulus to maintai...