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WB reviews mobilization of financial resources following coronavirus

With the novel coronavirus spreading, the World Bank Group is assessing financial and technical resources that can be ...

Expanding middle class can help Indonesia grow faster

Expanding the middle class can help Indonesia grow faster and share prosperity more broadly across the population, ...

Police shoot dead drug lord in Central Jakarta

The police shot dead a suspected drug lord as he evaded arrest in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, on Thursday. "The ...

BI, OJK, LPS implement integrated bank sector reporting

Bank Indonesia (BI), the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK), and Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS) agreed ...

Bappenas reveals strategies to attain economic growth of six percent

The National Development Planning Ministry/National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) highlighted numerous ...

WB slashes Indonesia's economic growth forecast for 2019

Global lender World Bank has projected Indonesia's economy to grow by five percent in 2019 or lower than the ...

$5.2 billion losses from forest, land fires: WB

Land and forest fires that affected several parts of Indonesia from June to October 2019 inflicted losses of US$5.2 ...

PHRI enrich HR capacity to optimize tourism sector

The Association of Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants (PHRI) is looking to improve the quality of human resources to ...

President targets RI standing 40th in WB ease-of-doing business index

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has targeted Indonesia to rank 40th in the World Bank's (WB’s) Ease of Doing ...

BMKG stresses on critical infrastructure development in coastal areas

Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) Head Dwikorita Karnawati reiterated the importance of building ...

WB points to learning poverty afflicting one-third Indonesian children

Over one-third of the children in Indonesia experience learning poverty, or are incapable of reading and comprehending ...

US artist calls for awareness to conserve coral reefs

Artist and ocean advocate Courtney Mattison brought along her spiral porcelain artwork called “Confluence” ...

ATI organizes tea competition to advance Indonesia's tea industry

The Indonesian Tea Association (ATI) and Industry Ministry held the National Tea Competition 2019 as part of the ...

Indonesia requires strong institutional reform: World Bank

Urbanization has the potential to be a major driver of prosperity and inclusiveness in Indonesia, but fully realizing ...

Government adopts WB's ACT recommendation: Minister

Finance Minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, said the government has adopted the principles of Augment, Connect, Target ...