JAKARTA, Indonesia: Joko Widodo's phenomenal rise from a riverside slum, where he grew up, to the presidency of Indonesia shows how far the world's third-largest democracy has veered from a brutal authoritarian era a decade ago.

When his term ends in October, Widodo — regarded by some as Asia's Barack Obama — is leaving a legacy of impressive economic growth and an ambitious array of infrastructure projects topped by a $33 billion plan to relocate.

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