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Government seeks to lower poverty rate to below 10 percent this year

The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) has set itself the target of lowering poverty rate to less than 10 ...

Oil, food prices influence 2018 inflation: BI

Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Agus Martowardojo has stated that the rise of the world`s oil prices and foodstuffs could ...

Jakarta governor launches senior citizen card

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, on Thursday, launched the Jakarta Senior Citizen Card (KLJ) for the capital city`s ...

Underprivileged families to get non-cash food assistance

The government is planning to provide Non-Cash Food Assistance (BPNT) and rice social assistance (Rastra) program for ...

President offers marital advice to daughter

President Joko Widodo offered marital advice to his daughter Kahiyang Ayu, who married Muhamad Bobby Nasution, to love ...

Low inflation yet to boost household consumption

Despite a downward trend of inflation rate, household consumption of several goods and services in Indonesia slowed ...

Finance minister to study middle and upper class consumption pattern

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati will study the consumption pattern of middle and upper class societies who give ...

Indonesia forecast to register 5.3-5.4 percent Q4 economic growth: BI

The countrys central bank, Bank Indonesia (BI), has estimated that economic growth in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2017 ...

President calls for social media education in Islamic boarding schools

President Joko Widodo has called on the Islamic boarding school to educate the students about social media utilization ...

Boost competitiveness through digital breakthroughs: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on various parties to help boost competitiveness by bringing about several ...

Economic packages have won int`l trust: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said that the 15 Economic Policy Packages issued since 2015 have resulted in the ...

Bappenas expects Gini Ratio to be lowered to 0.37

Head of National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Bambang Brodjonegoro expected that the Gini Ratio, which is ...

Indonesia`s economic growth is worth boasting: Senior minister

Indonesias Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution stated here on Wednesday that the countrys ...

Government expresses commitment to increase quality of economic growth

The government has expressed its commitment to increasing the quality of economic growth in an attempt to help reduce ...

WB approves financial support for social assistance program

The World Banks Board of Executive Directors approved a US$200-million (Rp2.6 trillion) financing to support the ...