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Extreme poverty reduction in 2021 to be toughest challenge: VP

The target to reduce extreme poverty by 20 percent in 2021 in seven provinces would be the toughest challenge for the ...

Village SDGs data important for chronic poverty alleviation: Minister

Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Minister (Mendes PDTT) Abdul Halim Iskandar laid ...

Ministry to invite Kampus Merdeka students to solve poverty problem

The Ministry of Social Affairs has said it will involve students participating in the Kampus Merdeka (Campus Freedom) ...

Indonesia's poverty eradication efforts to cover 212 regions in 2022

The government is expanding the target for eradicating extreme poverty by 2022-end to 212 districts and cities, Vice ...

Social assistance not enough to eradicate extreme poverty: minister

Extreme poverty cannot be resolved through just social assistance programs, Coordinating Minister for Human Development ...

Local govts' role in updating, streamlining beneficiary data important

Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini accentuated the significant role of local governments in streamlining and ...

VP, minister discuss draft regulations for Papua special autonomy law

Vice President Ma’ruf Amin on Monday summoned Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian to discuss draft government ...

Jakarta's Silaturahmi Tunnel symbolizes unity: VP Amin

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin lauded the Silaturahmi (Friendship) Tunnel connecting Istiqlal Mosque and Jakarta's ...

BRI pushes agriculture sector to flourish during pandemic

State-owned bank BRI remains committed to pushing the agriculture sector to develop during the COVID-19 pandemic ...

VP seeks consolidation of data on pandemic-induced extreme poverty

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has urged ministers, heads of institutions, and regional heads to consolidate data on ...

Rp427.5 trillion earmarked for social protection in 2022 draft budget

The Indonesian Government has allocated a social protection budget of Rp427.5 trillion in the 2022 draft State Budget ...

2022 budget Bill puts state expenditure at Rp2,708.7 trillion

The Indonesian government has proposed state spending of Rp2,708.7 trillion in the 2022 State Budget Bill, President ...

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Social security program seeks to address poverty challenge

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has triggered a global economic crisis, is posing a real challenge to many countries, ...

COVID-19 threatens realization of five goals of SDGs program: BPK

Indonesia's Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) Chairman Agung Firman Sampurna hinted at the possibility of five targets ...

Government to integrate social assistance programs: Monoarfa

The government will integrate several social assistance programs conducted by different ministries and institutions, ...