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Handling poverty in Papua cannot be Java-centric: Minister

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy emphasized that poverty in Papua cannot be ...

Gov't seeks increasing HR capacity in coastal areas against poverty

The government is pursuing to increase the capacity of human resources (HR) in coastal regions to help overcome extreme ...

Extreme poverty projected declining to 0.8-0.9 percent at 2023-end

Deputy for Coordination of Social Welfare Improvement at the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture ...

Poverty alleviation requires collaboration: Muhammadiyah

Chairperson of the Muhammadiyah central executive (PP) Anwar Abbas has said that cooperation between the ...

Government implements three strategies to lower extreme poverty

The government is applying three strategies in the form of decreasing the burden of poor families, increasing income, ...

Jakarta strengthening social assistance beneficiaries' data

The Jakarta Provincial Government is strengthening its data on social assistance beneficiaries to expedite the pace of ...

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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 ...