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Govt proposes incentives for regions eliminating extreme poverty

Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has proposed incentives for local governments that manage to eliminate extreme ...

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 ...

Focusing on alleviating poverty, child stunting reduction: ministry

Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono has said that his ministry is continuing to ...

Indonesia's deputy finance minister explains rationale behind PPKM

Deputy Minister of Finance Suahasil Nazara on Saturday explained the reasons that prompted the government to ...

Number of poor dip to 27.54 mln in March: BPS

The number of Indonesians living in poverty fell by 0.01 million to reach 27.54 million in March, 2021 from 27.55 ...

COVID-19 pandemic raises inequality, hinders poverty alleviation: WB

The general, protracted slowdown in economic activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic has mired poverty reduction and ...

Indonesia, Unicef sign CPAP for 2021-2025 to promote child welfare

The Indonesian government and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) inked the Country Programme Action Plan ...

President upbeat about social assistance boosting purchasing power

President Joko Widodo is optimistic that the government's social assistance programs would increase the ...

Government urged to increase social assistance budget, recipients

Center of Reform on Economics (CORE) Indonesia economist Muhammad Ishak Razak urged the government to increase the ...

3.68 million in Central Java still in poverty

More than 3.68 million people in Central Java Province still live in poverty as of September 2019, the Central ...

Cigarettes contribute to the poverty line: BPS

Cigarettes have become one of the commodities that contributed greatly to the poverty line with a figure of 11.17 ...

Population of poor dropped 0.44 percent in 2019: BPS

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that the number of poor in September 2019 had totaled 24.79 million, ...

VP highlights govt's efforts for greater work access for disabled

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin emphasized that the government will make sustained efforts to boost access to the work ...

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Active generosity should be reflected in anti-poverty efforts

Over 74 years after it gained independence, Indonesia continues to face the challenge of poverty inflicting several ...

2,550 houses of poor families in Aceh's Langsa city get renovated

The Langsa city administration has facilitated 2,550 houses of poor families to get renovated through the Public Works ...