#poverty reduction

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Poverty declines faster in villages than cities: BPS

Poverty reduction in villages was faster than that in cities despite poverty at the village level still being higher in ...

Indonesia urges ASEAN to mitigate hurdles of exports to US

The Indonesian Government has called on ASEAN countries to handle potential hurdles of export to the United States ...

Moeldoko accentuates role of local governments in poverty eradication

Chief of Presidential Staff Moeldoko underscored the importance of the role of local governments in accelerating the ...

G20 Indonesia

Indonesia discusses MSME challenges at 2nd DWG side event

The Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas) held the 2nd Development Working Group (DWG) side event to ...

GPDRR 2022

GPDRR encourages world to move from disaster risk to resilience

Over two years since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the world has profoundly changed, as have the opportunities for ...

GPDRR 2022

World Reconstruction Conference discusses crisis recovery, resilience

The Fifth World Reconstruction Conference (WRC5), which is being held from May 23–24 in Bali, is focusing on ...

Indonesia eyes reducing poverty rate to 7.5 percent in 2023

The Indonesian Government targets to reduce the poverty rate to 7.5 percent, from 8.5 percent in 2023 by increasing ...

Development notable, life happier in villages: minister

Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Abdul Halim Iskandar has said that ...

Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator event at the 66th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women calls for investing in women entrepreneurs to tackle climate change

Recognizing the intersecting relationship between climate change and gender inequality, on March 18 the Women’s ...

Social protection program to address poverty issues: Vice President

The government's social protection program is aimed at addressing poverty issues in the midst of the COVID-19 ...

Minister underscores importance of access to electricity for MSMEs

Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Bintang Puspayoga accentuated the importance of access to ...

UN underlines challenges to women's access to sustainable energy

Assistant secretary-general of the United Nations and deputy executive director of UN Women, Asa Regner, has underlined ...

Cash aid for fishers targeting extreme poverty reduction: Minister

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto affirmed that the Cash Assistance for Street ...

Ministry seeks accurate data of small fishermen to tackle poverty

To address the issue of poverty in coastal areas, accurate data from the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry ...

Community empowerment can help overcome extreme poverty: VP

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has emphasized the importance of community empowerment programs for meeting the target ...