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REDD+ working unit urges Indonesia govt to extend forest moratorium

The Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) National Strategy Working Unit urged the ...

Indonesia`s economy to continue to grow

Indonesia`s economy will continue to grow despite increasing political activities ahead of the general elections in ...

Indonesian govt builds houses for poor families

The government will build about one million houses for poor families as part of its efforts to further reduce the ...

Indonesia strives for economic growth in equity

To the surprise of many people, poverty problem is now found not only in least-developed countries, but also in ...

Effectiveness of social security spending must be improved

Coordinating minister for economic affairs Hatta Rajasa has called for the improvement of social security spending to ...

Government continues to reduce poverty rate

The government has reduced Indonesia`s poverty rate and will continue to do so until it brings the rate down to 8 ...

Govt to raise budget allocations for Papua

The government will raise the amount of general allocation funds for mountainous districts in Indonesia`s eastern-most ...

VP calls for use of integrated database in poverty eradication efforts

Vice President Boediono has stated that all poverty eradication program should use the government`s integrated ...

RI hands ACW chairmanship to Laos

Indonesia handed the chairmanship of the ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW) to Laos at the committee`s meeting held in ...

ADB cuts 2012 growth forecast for Indonesia

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cut its economic growth forecast for Indonesia from 6.4 percent to 6.3 percent ...

Pertamina hosts global LPG Forum

Indonesian state oil and gas company PT Pertamina (Persero) will host the 25th World Liquefied Petroleum Gas Forum in ...

Indonesia to host WTO Ministerial Conference in December 2013

The General Council Session of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva recently decided that the Ninth ...

Govt needs to evaluate quality of economic growth: Legislator

The government needs to evaluate the country`s economic growth quality, particularly its effect on enhancing and ...

RI`s poverty level falls by 0.53 pct in March

The number of poor people in Indonesia dropped to 29.13 million in March 2012, about 890,000 less than the figures ...

President committed to green economic development

President Susilo Yudhoyono has stated that the government is committed to implementing green economic development to ...