{
  "id": 14857312,
  "title": "Why the Asia-Pacific needs stronger development finance institutions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/why-the-asia-pacific-needs-stronger-development-finance-institutions",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T02:54:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Jakarta Post",
    "slug": "the-jakarta-post",
    "url": "https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/16/why-the-asia-pacific-needs-stronger-development-finance-institutions.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Indonesia’s journey, and PT SMI’s contribution to it, is but one part of a broader regional narrative. What I carried home from Colombo was a profound sense of optimism that our development finance institutions are becoming more than financiers of growth; we are becoming a community of practice, united by a shared purpose and enriched by the exchange of ideas and experience.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}