#poverty reduction

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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 ...

World Bank approves US$400 mln loan to Indonesia

World Bank executive directors in Washington DC, Tuesday (Nov 22) approved the Eighth Development Policy Loan (DPL-8) ...

Interpol bid to protect threatened tiger

Interpol on Wednesday launched a new campaign to coordinate the global fight against tiger poaching, warning that ...

Thaksin gives economic lecture in Cambodia

The fugitive ex-Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Saturday afternoon gave an economic lecture to approximately ...

Minister opens China-Asean Cooperation Forum

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono opened the 5th China-Asean Forum on Social Development and ...

ASEAN Foundation, aim conduct forum on poverty alleviation

The ASEAN Foundation and Asian Institute of Management (AIM) hosted a forum to present the case studies on addressing ...

President: do not base development on market mechanism

Development and efforts to reduce the number of poor people should not be based only on the law of economy and market ...

Australian ambassador visits E Java to strengthen ties

Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Greg Moriarty is to visit Surabaya on Monday (30 May) to strengthen ties between ...

US launches project to support RI`s economic analysis development

The United States embassy here has launched a Support for Economic Analysis Development in Indonesia (SEADI) project ...

Asean seeking food security amid surge in global prices

The current global food and energy price hikes have concerned President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as this year`s ASEAN ...

President Yudhoyono calls for save-electricity-fuel movements in regions

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered all regional heads to join a movement to save fuel and electricity to ...

Women need good nutrition

Indonesian women also need good nutrition in order to reduce maternal mortality, Presidential Special Envoy for ...