#poor people

Collection of poor people news, found 331 news.

House asks state banks to support housing financing scheme

House Speaker Marzuki Alie has asked state-owned banks to support the government`s policy on a poor people`s housing ...

Over 14 thousand Jakarta slum dweller families to be relocated

A total of 14,075 families living in slums on the banks of the Ciliwung river in Jakarta are to be relocated to ...

Australia supports RI focus on achieving MDGs

With three years until the world needs to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Indonesian Government, ...

Poverty rate to be lowered to 11.7 percent

The government will lower the poverty rate from 12.36 percent in 2011 to 11.7 percent this year, Coordinating ...

Thirteen mentally ill shackled, isolated for years

No fewer than 13 mentally ill Solok Selatan residents were isolated and shackled by their families in the period ...

Investment key to achieving 6.7 pct growth

Indonesia sees investment as the key to achieving the 6.7 percent economic growth target set in its 2012 state ...

Number of Indonesia's poor down 0.13 million

The number of Indonesians living under the poverty line in September 2011 was 29,89 million (12.36 percent of the ...

RI-Iran cooperation needs improvement

The cooperation between Indonesia and Iran needs to be improved, Social Affairs Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufri said in ...

RI's social minister visits Iran

Minister of Social Affairs Salim Segaf Al Jufri made a visit to Iran to officially confirm an MoU between the social ...

Poverty still to loom large in 2012

Despite the government`s continuous people`s welfare boosting efforts, poverty is likely to continue looming large in ...

Poverty eradication efforts need speeding up : Official

Indonesia needs to speed up its poverty eradication efforts because the number of poor people in the country is still ...

In developing world, poor still means thin

"First world" health problems such as obesity and heart disease may be gaining ground in developing nations, but they ...

Bill Gates Calls on G20 Leaders Not to Turn Their Backs on the World's Poor

-      - Report Highlights Role of Innovation in Expanding Development Resources for the ...

Ri govt must redefine fuel oil subsidy criteria

The government should redefine the criteria for the granting of subsidies, especially that for fuel oil, a legislator ...

Investments in forestry sector reach rp32 trillion

A total of 328 wood industries invested a total of Rp32 trillion in the forestry sector in Indonesia over the past ...