#rural communities

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President highlights micro economic empowerment

President Joko Widodo stressed the importance of micro economic empowerment in addition to infrastructure development ...

Government continues to reduce poverty: President

The government continues to reduce inequality and poverty across Indonesia, President Joko Widodo stated. "The ...

Village funds must improve welfare of village communities: President

During his work visit on Sunday to Palembang, South Sumatra, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reminded that the village ...

Young female app developer wins APEC digital prosperity award

Twenty-year-old Papua New Guinean software engineer, Crystal Kewe, has been named the winner of the 2018 APEC Digital ...

President Jokowi wants village fund used for human resources empowerment

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) wants the village fund could be used to empower the human resources after focusing on ...

News Focus - Village funds improve community economic activities

Viewed in terms of productivity, village funds have been able to create massive economic activities and improve the ...

Shanzhai City (SZC) Launches iO-X, World's First Blockchain-Driven Community Impact Exchange

Shanzhai City (SZC) announces the launch of Impact Oxygen Exchange (iO-X), the world's first community impact exchange ...

Improving the welfare of farmers

Most of Indonesia`s population living in rural areas are farmers, whose main income of more than 70 percent comes from ...

APEC agrees to accelerate women-led business in digital economy

Gender and economic development officials from the APEC member economies have agreed to a new plan to accelerate ...

Government needs to add subsidy for farmers

The government of Indonesia needs to increase subsidies for the farmers in the country as a way to revive the spirit ...

Village funds contributes to reducing poverty

The Ministry for Villages, Transmigration and Backward Area Development (PDTT) said it was convinced that the decline ...

65 million people at risk of falling into poverty

Regional Director for World Health Organization Southeast Asia Poonam Khetrapal Singh opined that 65 million Southeast ...

E-commerce crucial to reducing poverty: Riady

Founder of Lippo Group Mochtar Riady has opined that the system of electronic commerce, or e-commerce, plays an ...

Foreign Minister briefs VP Kalla about preparations for APEC Summit

Foreign Affairs Minister Retno LP Marsudi has briefed Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla about the preparations regarding ...

Iran-Indonesia-PRC’s spirit in preserving cultural heritage objects

- The efforts to preserve intangible cultural heritage have been as extensively conducted as those for tangible ...