U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre
Addressing conflicts of interest and corruption in Indonesia’s energy transition
This U4 Issue analyses Indonesia’s ambitious energy transition and highlights how political finance, weak regulations and a “revolving door” of personnel between public office and the private sector create vulnerabilities. The publication was produced by U4 and the Basel Institute on Governance through its Green Corruption programme.
About the paper
Conflicts of interest and corruption in Indonesia’s political economy pose significant risks to its energy transition, including the Just Energy Transition Partnership. Existing legal and institutional frameworks are fragmented, inconsistently applied, and often fail to address the risk of state capture by powerful political and economic actors, especially in the extractive and energy sectors.
The reliance on fossil fuel industries for political financing and the monopolistic nature of state-owned entities further complicate the shift to a low- or no-carbon system, despite the country’s ambitious renewable energy targets.
Potential pathways to greater anti-corruption resilience lie in improvements to beneficial ownership transparency and strengthening regulation, monitoring and sanctioning of conflict of interest violations.