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Some 1.2 billion people vulnerable to three global crises: GCRG

Some 1.2 billion people worldwide are increasingly vulnerable to the food, energy, and financial crises caused by the ...

Vulnerable workers must be protected from economic uncertainty: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged state officials to take necessary measures to protect vulnerable workers from ...

Gov't encourages equal access to electricity for development justice

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources continues to encourage equitable access to electricity in remote areas to ...

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Improving access to clean water, safe sanitation in Indonesia

In Indonesia, more than 90 percent of the population currently has access to proper drinking water. However, only 11 ...

Indonesia continues improving access to clean water, safe sanitation

Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) 2022, Hadimuljono remarked that expanding access to clean water and safe sanitation ...

Village SDGs-based data determines village development: Minister

Village data based on Village Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can become a foundation to determine the direction ...

President highlights seven-point directives to face global upheaval

Indonesian President Joko Widodo conveyed seven-point directives that may serve as common guideline to face the ...

Indonesia eyes reducing poverty rate to 7.5 percent in 2023

The Indonesian Government targets to reduce the poverty rate to 7.5 percent, from 8.5 percent in 2023 by increasing ...

Rp467.3 trillion allocated for 2023 national priority programs

The National Development Planning (PPN) Ministry reported that Rp467.3 trillion (US$32.4 billion) has been allocated ...

Free electricity installation in East Nusa Tenggara for 3,511 families

An official of the East Nusa Tenggara regional branch of state-owned electricity company PT PLN confirmed that some ...

West Nusa Tenggara must address stunting promptly: ministry

The Home Affairs Ministry has urged the West Nusa Tenggara government to push for the handling of stunting, citing 2021 ...

Ministry calls for aligning regional, national development

Regional development must be integrated with national development, Secretary General of the Home Affairs Ministry, ...

National Recovery Program budget realization capped at Rp22.6 trillion

The realization of the National Economic Recovery program budget has reached only Rp22.6 trillion as of March 25, 2022, ...

Social protection program to address poverty issues: Vice President

The government's social protection program is aimed at addressing poverty issues in the midst of the COVID-19 ...

Pertamina reveals green energy initiatives

State-owned oil giant Pertamina has outlined its strategic initiatives for developing environmentally friendly and ...