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Public health efforts, economic recovery hinge on budget utilization

The coronavirus pandemic has delivered the largest economic shock the world has experienced in decades by forcing ...

Task force reallocates economic recovery budget

Chairman of the National Economic Recovery and Transformation Task Force, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, said he has reallocated ...

Optimal social protection budget realization revs up economic recovery

Maximum budget realization for the National Economic Recovery (PEN) Program, especially pertaining to social ...

State budget instrumental in helping public thwart pandemic's impact

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati gave due weightage to the state budget as a crucial instrument to help the ...

Realization of national economic recovery budget reaches 45.8%

The realization of the national economic recovery budget reached Rp318.5 trillion, or 45.8 percent, of the total ...

Prioritize efforts to thwart spread of COVID-19: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called to give top priority to endeavors to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, ...

Indonesia's poverty rate to touch 11.5 percent amid COVID-19: VP

Indonesia's poverty rate would likely rise to 11.5 percent by 2020-end in the event of no significant flattening of ...

Kadin calls to strengthen financial system for economic recovery

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has encouraged the government's efforts to strengthen the ...

IMF-WB - WB offers assistance for Lombok, Palu rehabilitation

The World Bank offered assistance for rehabilitation and reconstruction programs in areas in Lombok (West Nusa ...

Indonesia enters high human development category: President

President Joko Widodo noted that Indonesia has been placed in the high human development category as the quality of ...

Indonesia urges ILO to mobilize support for Palestine

The Indonesian government has urged the International Labor Organization (ILO) to seriously mobilize support from ...

President distributes Smart Indonesia Cards in East Nusa Tenggara

President Joko Widodo distributed 1,015 Smart Indonesia Cards (KIP) and 500 cards under the Hope Family Program (PKH) ...

Indonesia`s poverty rate down to 27.77 million in March: President

The number of Indonesian people living in poverty fell to 27.77 million in March 2017 from 28.37 million in March ...

President Jokowi directly monitoring disbursement of social assistance: Minister

The social assistance offered by Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) was being directly delivered to ensure that ...

Too early to judge Indonesian government performance: Observer

Political observer Boni Hargens said it is too early to give a good or bad mark for the new government of Joko Widodo ...