#safety net

Employers in Indonesias labor intensive industrial sector are awaiting the formulation of labor wage hike which is to ...

Despite the possibility of domestic and external pressures disrupting Indonesias economic performance, Finance ...

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised the countrys macroeconomic management after visiting ...

The decision to hike the prices of subsidized fuels can win public support if the government promises to divert the ...

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he expected poverty rate in the country to drop to 8 to 10 percent by the end ...

Daredevil Nik Wallenda completed a historic high-wire walk on a 2-inch (5-cm) steel cable over the Grand Canyon on ...

The average increase of the Provincial Minimum Wages (UMP) in 2013 is set at about 18.32 percent, up from the average ...

Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi arrived in Ramallah on Saturday for a visit to the West Bank, an AFP correspondent ...

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said that poverty eradication should be a far-reaching and continuous effort ...

Vice President Boediono has stated that the government needs a strong legal umbrella in order to effectively deal with ...

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said that there are four major challenges that must be faced by various stakeholders ...

ASEAN Plus Three (China, Japan and South Korea) leaders at a meeting here on Friday emphasized the need to enhance ...

Agriculture Minister Suswono said the rice imports the government was planning would not harm domestic farmers ...

Bank Indonesia (the central bank/BI) has prepared a number of anticipatory steps to address the impact of imminent ...

The government is expected to strengthen the nutrition safety net through strong foods distribution to low-income ...