JAKARTA - In an effort to bolster the economy, President Joko Widodo on Thursday (Jan 9) said that the performance of Indonesian envoys overseas must be measured by the amount of exports sent to the countries assigned to them.

Mr Joko, popularly called Jokowi at home, stressed that ambassadors needed to map out export opportunities, gather market intelligence and identify problems that must be promptly reported to Jakarta to be followed up and addressed quickly by local bureaucrats.