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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 ...

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 ...

Poverty reduction must be top priority: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated that the reduction of poverty in the country must be the next ...

High per capita income no guarantee for prosperity

The relatively high per capita income of US$3,000 is no guarantee for the prosperity of all people as the economic gap ...

Qatar Joins New International Organization to Promote Green Growth

-     Qatar joined sixteen other industrialized, emerging economies and developing countries on ...

Indonesia should be optimistic in international forums

Indonesia must be optimistic in order to play an important role in international forums such as the G-20 Summit, said ...

Greenpeace lauds Indonesia`s commitment to emissions reduction

Greenpeace has praised Indonesia`s commitment to environmental issues, including the country`s plans to reduce ...

Indonesian environmental damage affects gross domestic product

The continuing environmental pollution and damage in Indonesia is eroding five percent of the country`s gross domestic ...

Govt`s poverty reduction target remains despite fuel price hike

The government assured the public here on Wednesday that it would not cut its poverty reduction target despite its ...

Poverty reduction program can fail if oil prices raised: minister

Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo said the government could fail to reach its poverty reduction target at 10.5 ...

One billion people still in poverty by 2015 : World Bank

The World Bank has predicted that about one billion people in the world will still be stuck living at an extreme ...

Vietnam, Ireland promote cooperation in youth, children education

Vietnamese National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with visiting Ireland`s Minister for Youth and ...

Failing Climate Negotiations Put Indonesia at Crossroads

-      - NGO says Indonesia should safeguard economic growth now that this week's climate ...

year-ender: RI to reform its budgeting system in 2012

The low capacity of government ministries and other agencies to absorb state budget funds often causes unspent public ...