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Four major projects to lower unemployment, poverty rates in 2021

Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono expressed belief that four major projects in infrastructure ...

Govt's intervention to curb increase in poor population: Bappenas

Governmental intervention to disburse social assistance amid the COVID-19 pandemic will curb the increase in the poor ...

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Integrated teams to combat stunting, enhance human resources quality

The Joko Widodo administration has outlined a reduction in the stunting and poverty rates as among the key targets for ...

Poverty still high in Indonesia: Ma'ruf Amin

Indonesia had been considered as a developed country, but the number of poor people and stunting was still high, Vice ...

Government stresses on curbing stunting to improve work force quality

The government has given due emphasis to efforts to reduce stunting in Indonesia under its program to boost the quality ...

Government prioritizes efforts to curb stunting, poverty rates

Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto cited reduction in the stunting and poverty rates as among this year's key ...

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, ...

State budget should encourage prosperity among Indonesian people

An economic observer at the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef), Enny Sri Hartati, said that the ...

Early childhood education paramount for human capital development

Access to high-quality early childhood education is deemed vital to the continued progress in the development of human ...

World Bank approves US$300 million for poverty reduction in Indonesia

The World Bank Executive Board of Directors approved a loan of US$300 million to accelerate poverty reduction and ...

Maluku's economy still depends on primary sector: Minister

Minister of National Development Planning / Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Bambang ...

Government continues to reduce poverty: President

The government continues to reduce inequality and poverty across Indonesia, President Joko Widodo stated. "The ...

News Focus - Village funds improve community economic activities

Viewed in terms of productivity, village funds have been able to create massive economic activities and improve the ...

Livestock markets in Egypt suffer recession ahead of Muslim sacrifice festival

The livestock markets in Egypt witnessed a recession ahead of Eid al-Adha, or the Islamic "Festival of ...