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Adaptive policy, sustained economic activities key to ending poverty 

According to Statistics Indonesia (BPS), as many as 26.36 million Indonesian citizens, accounting for 9.57 percent of ...

Govt screens legal aid institutes to help South Sumatra's poor people

The Law and Human Rights Ministry had begun conducting screening on legal aid institutes (LBH) that will become ...

Will review supply, says President as meat price soars

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said that his government will review the supply of chicken meat to ascertain the ...

Ministry ensures effective social aid allotment following BPK findings

The Social Affairs Ministry responded to the National Audit Board's (BPK's) findings outlined in the 2022 ...

Central Java steps up entrepreneurial training to tackle poverty

The Central Java provincial government and the National Zakat Agency (Baznas) have intensified community empowerment ...

Widodo confident extreme poverty to drop drastically by 2024

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said he is confident that the national poverty rate will undergo a drastic decline by ...

Southwest Papua allocates US$2.6 mln for tackling extreme poverty

The Southwest Papua administration has allocated Rp40 billion (US$2.6 million) to address extreme poverty in the ...

Risma outlines social empowerment programs for disabled people at AMM

Indonesia's Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini outlined some social empowerment programs focusing on women and ...

Zakat, tax effective in reducing inequality: VP Amin

Alms collected by Muslims as religious duty (Zakat) and taxes were effective means to reduce inequality, Vice President ...

West Java begins distributing food aid to 4.4 mln families

The West Java provincial government began distributing food assistance to 4,427,706 beneficiary families (KPMs) in the ...

Baznas prioritizing distribution of rice zakat in Bali

The National Zakat Agency (Baznas) is prioritizing the distribution of zakat in Bali in the form of staple goods, ...

Sustainable financing paramount to realizing equitable health services

Sufficient and sustainable financing is required to realize even health services and facilities across Indonesia, the ...

Local gov'ts should allocate budget for stunting, poverty: Minister

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy appealed to regional governments to allocate ...

Babel govt prepares Rp200 mln in legal aid for poor

The provincial government of Bangka Belitung (Babel) Islands has been preparing a budget of Rp200 million (around ...

Ramadhan becomes month of community's economic revival: Economist

Economist from Airlangga University (Unair), Surabaya, Shochrul Rohmatul Ajija, stated that the Ramadhan month is a ...