The most obvious of these bottlenecks is lousy infrastructure.

最显眼的瓶颈是基础设施。

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Lousy infrastructure and high interest rates boost costs in Indonesia, he argues.

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Lousy infrastructure already costs money: deliveries take longer and use more fuel, and workers need training they did not get at school.

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There are many reasons why private investors might be deterred from an impoverished African country: corruption, insecure property rights, fragmented markets, lousy infrastructure.

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