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Lampung Province urged to develop tourism sector

Given its numerous tourist attractions, the Indonesian province of Lampung has been encouraged to develop its tourism ...

Indonesia cards first step towards improving people`s welfare: President Jokowi

The provision of numerous cards, including the Healthy Indonesia Card and Smart Indonesia Card, to disadvantaged ...

Government successfully reduces poverty rate by 4.5 million: president

The government has been successful in reducing the poverty rate by some 4.5 million people over the last five years, ...

Indonesia is first country to receive aif loan

Deputy Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro has said that Indonesia is the first country to receive funding from the ...

President hopes new development agenda effective to erradicate poverty

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hopes the new development agenda that will replace the Millennium Development Goals ...

FAO award for Indonesia not end of homework

For its success in reducing the number of hunger, Indonesia received an award from the United Nations` Food and ...

Australia supports Indonesia`s poor through good social protection policies

Australia is working with the Indonesian Government to support social protection programs as one of the most effective ...

Indonesian family empowerment program reduces poverty

Social Affairs Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufri said the implementation of the Family Empowerment Program (PKH) had ...

Australian parliamentarians visit aid programs in Surabaya

An Australian parliamentary delegation is in Surabaya this week to view Australian Government-funded aid programs in ...

Bali meeting agrees on global partnership for development agenda

The fourth meeting of the UN High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons agreed on global partnership for new development ...

Private sector can stimulate sustainable development: British PM

British Prime Minister David Cameron expected that the private and investment sector as the best way to stimulate ...

Poverty reduction program not routine job

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that the government`s poverty reduction program was not a routine program so ...

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 ...

Indonesia urges WTO to create a transparent trade system

The Indonesian delegation at the Annual Conference of the World Parliament (IPU, Inter-Parliamentary Union) urged the ...