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World Bank Counts Cost of Indonesian Haze Crisis

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Dec 16, 2015
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The record number of slash-and-burn fires that swept through large parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan for five months earlier this year cost Indonesia an estimated Rp221 trillion (US$15.73 billion), wiping a full 1.9 percent off gross domestic product, according to a new report released Tuesday by the World Bank.

Between June and October, according to the B…

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