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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, ...

Economic recovery program rescued five million people from poverty

The national economic recovery program (PEN), especially social protection in 2020, rescued over five million people ...

Number of poor Indonesians rose by 2.76 million amid pandemic

The number of Indonesians living in poverty rose by 2.76 million to reach 27.55 million of the population in September ...

Local governments should run more labor-intensive programs: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged the regional governments to have in place more labor-intensive programs to ...

COVID-19 hinders Indonesia's One Million Houses Program: VP

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin drew attention to the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic had hindered the implementation of ...

Indonesia's economic growth in 2020 above average : expert staff

Indonesia's economic growth in 2020, which contracted by 2.07 percent (yoy), was above the global average, ...

Public Works Ministry to build 9,799 flats this year

The Ministry of Public Works and People's Housing plans to build 9,799 flats across Indonesia at a cost of Rp4.16 ...

Affordability challenges realization of food resilience in Indonesia

Affordability is one of the challenges in achieving food resilience in Indonesia, considering the higher rate of ...

One million houses program missed target owing to pandemic: VP

The target for the one million houses program for 2020 was not achieved in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according ...

President Jokowi calls for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for every country. He ...

G20 approve debt relief extension till mid-2021: Sri Mulyani

The Group of Twenty (G20), comprising 20 of the largest economies in the world, have agreed to extend their debt ...

President Jokowi attends G20 Leaders' Summit

President Joko Widodo on Saturday participated in the G20 Leaders' Summit, held virtually via video conferencing, ...

Optimal social protection budget realization revs up economic recovery

Maximum budget realization for the National Economic Recovery (PEN) Program, especially pertaining to social ...

601,637 houses constructed under One Million Houses Program: ministry

The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) confirmed that 601,637 houses were built until the end of ...

Merah Putih vaccine's preclinical trial phase projected by year-end

The Indonesian government has hinted at the country's indigenous Merah Putih (Red-and-White) vaccine candidate ...