#informal sector

Collection of informal sector news, found 189 news.

Indonesia prepares program to tackle shadow economy, aid MSMEs

The Indonesian government is preparing a Compliance Improvement Program (CIP) as part of its strategy to tackle the ...

Housing KUR brings certainty for low-income families

Public policy observer from Trisakti University, Trubus Rahadiansyah, stated that the planned Housing People's ...

PPRT Bill revival recognizes care work in Indonesia

Deliberations on the Bill on Domestic Workers' Protection (PPRT Bill), first proposed in 2004, have resumed in ...

Why Indonesia needs 
data-backed co-op, MSME transformation

Cooperatives and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are a vital part of Indonesia’s economic ...

High number of informal workers eroding demographic advantage: govt

The high percentage of informal workers in Indonesia remains one of the main barriers to reaping the demographic ...

Realizing better protection for informal workers

Even before the sun rises, many people start their day early, such as vegetable vendors preparing their stalls at the ...

MPR calls for expanding higher education access for disabled

Deputy Speaker of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), Lestari Moerdijat, has stressed that efforts to ...

Ministry carries out strategies to realize inclusive labor ecosystem

The Ministry of Manpower is strengthening strategic steps in transformation and addressing the dynamics of the labor ...

Indonesia pushes to formalize informal skills via education

Indonesia's Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology, Stella Christie, has emphasized the ...

Ministry-Unisa Palu MoU to strengthen migrant workers' protection

The Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection (P2MI) Ministry and Alkhairaat University (Unisa) in Palu inked a memorandum ...

Protection of meal program workers important: minister

Minister for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Maman Abdurrahman, has stressed the importance of protecting ...

House Speaker underlines need to protect workers amid unstable economy

Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR), Puan Maharani, has urged the government to ensure worker protection, ...

Preventing electronic waste from becoming next environmental disaster

Discussions about environmental sustainability should not only focus on efforts to address plastic and microplastic ...

Commission pushes quick ratification of domestic workers' bill

The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has urged that the Bill on Domestic Workers' ...

Indonesia's free health screening: Boosting productivity

The free health screening program launched by the government is one of the policies that will have an impact not only ...