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Economy must grow 6-7% to escape middle-income trap: Monoarfa

The Indonesian economy must grow between 6-7 percent for the nation to escape the middle-income trap, Minister of ...

Pandemic has bumped up Indonesia's unemployment rate: minister

The unemployment rate has risen significantly in Indonesia due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Manpower Minister Ida Fauziah ...

Investment, job opportunities key to economic growth : president

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said attracting investment and creating jobs would be key to driving ...

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Social security program seeks to address poverty challenge

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has triggered a global economic crisis, is posing a real challenge to many countries, ...

Number of poor Indonesians rose by 2.76 million amid pandemic

The number of Indonesians living in poverty rose by 2.76 million to reach 27.55 million of the population in September ...

Govt readies new fraud-proof mechanism for basic food aid distribution

Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini spoke of the government having formulated a new-fangled mechanism for ...

Social Affairs Ministry launches social entrepreneurship program

The Social Affairs Ministry has launched the Social Entrepreneurship Program (Prokus) targeting graduated beneficiaries ...

COVID-19 vaccine to generate positive sentiment for economic growth

Central Executive Board Chairman of the Young Indonesian Entrepreneurs Association (BPP HIPMI) Mardani H. Maming ...

Solid public health policy crucial to Indonesia's recovery: World Bank

Indonesia needs solid public health and economic policies to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, World ...

Four major projects to lower unemployment, poverty rates in 2021

Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono expressed belief that four major projects in infrastructure ...

BI should play significant part in fundamental reform: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has pinned hopes on Bank Indonesia (BI) partaking more significantly in the fundamental ...

COVID-19 pandemic affected 29.12 million from working age population

Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic had affected 29.12 million people from the working ...

BPS lists three issues central to Golden Indonesia 2045 goal

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has highlighted three crucial issues that Indonesia needs to take into account to ...

Kadin calls to accord top priority to agriculture sector development

Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Chairman Rosan P. Roeslani believes the government should ...

APEC ministers focus on regional economic recovery to rebuild better

Ministers from APEC’s 21 member economies convened to reiterate their commitment to pursue free and open trade ...