Jakarta, Jan. 30 -- The Indonesian economy needs to grow by 6 to 7 percent to escape the middle-income trap, according to the Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas).

It is important to escape the middle-income trap to achieve the Golden Indonesia vision, which envisages a sovereign, advanced, fair, and prosperous nation by its centennial year, that is, 2045.

"We only have about 21 years left (before 2045). For that, we must be able to escape the middle-income trap by growing our economy by at least 6 to 7 percent," the ministry's deputy for macro development planning, Eka Chandra Buana, said here on Thursday.

If the economy grows by 7 percent, he explained, Indonesia can escape the middle-income trap before 2040.

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