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Australia, Indonesia keen to create resilient neighborhood: Ambassador

Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Gary Quinlan stated that Australia and Indonesia share a vital common interest to ...

Poverty rate plummeted to 10.12 percent: BPS

The poverty rate in September last year dropped to 10.12 percent, or 26.58 million people, as compared to 27.77 ...

Improving welfare of people of Afrak mountain district

Although the Arfak mountain area had separated from the Manokwari District to become self-autonomous in 2012, it ...

Policy reforms are paying-off in Indonesia: World Bank

World Bank Vice President for the East Asia and Pacific, Victoria Kwakwa, said policy reforms are paying-off in ...

Earth Wire -- Some 48.8 million population of Indonesia live in forest

A total of 48.8 million Indonesians live in forest areas, and 10.2 percent of them are classified as residing in poor ...

Drought hits East Nusa Tenggara

A drought has parched parts of East Nusa Tenggara Province in Indonesia and is feared to cause crop failures, slow ...

Pakistan’s Wasil Foundation Wins Islamic Microfinance Challenge

- The Wasil Foundation, a Pakistan-based microfinance institution, won the Islamic Microfinance Challenge, a global ...

Bill and Melinda Gates: Three Myths that Block Progress for the Poor

- Today, Bill and Melinda will share their co-authored 2014 Annual Letter. This year's letter, "Three Myths that Block ...

President Yudhoyono holds closed-door meeting to discuss fuel subsidy

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono held a closed-door meeting to discuss the results of a study on fuel subsidy ...

Indonesia hails re-election of Obama, `the Menteng Kid`

Following re-election of US President Barack Obama, many Indonesians have hailed the victory of `The Menteng Kid.` ...

Indonesia govt expects MCC funds to be disbursed gradually starting in 2013

The government expects US$600 million in funds under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) program can be ...

Bill Gates Calls on G20 Leaders Not to Turn Their Backs on the World's Poor

-      - Report Highlights Role of Innovation in Expanding Development Resources for the ...

President Yudhoyono asks ministers to improve performance

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono reminded his ministers to improve their performance and carry out their ...

Education system yet to meet work requirements

Unemployment problem in the country is not always caused by shortage of work fields but also by lack of human ...

RI`s unemployed totals 8.32 million

The number of unemployed in Indonesia so far has reached 8.32 million , President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said here ...