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SDG targets must not be lowered amid pandemic: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said the targets set under the sustainable development goals (SDGs) should not be ...

Jokowi urges companies to support farmers, fishermen corporations

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has appealed to state and regional enterprises as well as private companies to stand by ...

President hands over assistance to informal workers

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Friday invited a number of informal workers residing in Bogor, West Java, and ...

Increased PMI demonstrates government's policy on target: Minister

Indonesia's Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rising to 39.1 in June demonstrates that the ...

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Timely budget spending crucial for economic recovery amid COVID-19

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) delivered a strong rebuke to ministers and leaders of state institutions over the slow ...

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A digital prescription for MSMEs amid COVID-19

Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), the backbone of the Indonesian economy, have been particularly ...

Indonesians should exclusively use domestic products: Economist

A Medan State University (Unimed) economist believes that Indonesia can no longer overly rely on imports amid the ...

Jokowi stresses on prompt fund disbursal for COVID-19 health services

President Joko Widodo has urged his aides to expedite the disbursement of funding for the payment of COVID-19-related ...

COVID-19 handling costs equivalent to 4.2 percent of GDP: Minister

Costs borne by Indonesia’s government to handle the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent impact, through the economic ...

Manpower minister projects over 5.23 million more to become unemployed

Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah has pegged the number of unemployed people in Indonesia to reach between 2.92 million ...

Govt's incentives for industrial sector bleeding of COVID-19 pandemic

The government is readying additional incentives for the industrial sector grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic to ...

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Post-COVID-19 recovery must pave way to sustainable world

The lingering COVID-19 pandemic has caused serious damage, socially and economically, around the world. As of June ...

Ministry prepares criteria for businesses to receive recovery stimulus

The Industry Ministry has readied criteria for business sectors eligible to receive recovery stimulus under the ...

COVID-19 handling costs total Rp677.2 trillion: Minister Indrawati

Total costs incurred by the government to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia reached Rp677.2 trillion, according ...

Development of MSMEs still likely amid COVID-19: Minister Masduki

Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Teten Masduki projected that cooperatives and micro, small ...