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Rice imports aimed at curbing poverty rate: VP

Vice President Jusuf Kalla defended rice imports from Pakistan and India, saying they are aimed at curbing poverty ...

Poverty rate rose in September 2015

The number of Indonesians living in poverty rose by 780 thousand to 28.51 million in September 2015, from 27.73 ...

Sago can help achieve food self-sufficiency: Expert

Sago can be a solution to make Indonesia self-sufficient in staple foods, an expert in biotechnology and ...

President attends Christmas celebration in Kupang

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) attended a Christmas celebration held at the residence of the East Nusa Tenggara ...

Indonesia govt has disbursed 95 pct of village funds

In Indonesia, based on data at the Ministry of Home Affairs, there were 81,309 villages in 2013, consisting of 72,944 ...

Mother Teresa of Calcutta to be made Saint

Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Nobel laureate known for dedicating her life to helping the poorest of the poor, will ...

Democracy has universal values

Although democracy does not function the same way in every country, it does have certain universal values, and ...

UN Climate talks to last an extra day into Saturday: Fabius

Talks on a global accord to combat climate change are taking longer than planned to overcome disputes and will last an ...

Indonesia to reduce energy subsidies to 0.3 pct by 2019

The Finance Ministry plans to reduce the budget for energy subsidies in stages to 0.3 percent of the Gross Domestic ...

Indonesia`s Gini ratio down to 0.408 in 2015: Bappenas

Indonesias income gap ratio, or the Gini ratio, has fallen from 0.413 in 2014 to 0.408 this year, according to an ...

Bappenas suggests three steps to improve balance of payment

The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) has offered three steps to improve Indonesias balance of payment, ...

Negotiators grab head start on monumental climate challenge

Senior negotiators from almost 200 nations on Sunday began thrashing out a new global deal to curb climate change as ...

India building collapse death toll rises to 47

The death toll in a collapsed building in the south Indian city of Chennai has risen to 47, the latest disaster to ...

Poverty rate widens in Southeast. Sulawesi

The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) of Southeast of Sulawesi said the number of people living below the poverty ...

2014 CGAP Photo Contest Now Open for Entries

- The annual CGAP Photo Contest, which aims to highlight stand-out photography from amateurs and professionals around ...