‘Don’t get sick’: Indonesia’s poor miss out on COVID-19 care
The pandemic has been a grinding descent towards poverty and hunger for many of them, the slow death encapsulated by Herdayati’s sardonic joke.
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Indonesia returns to lower-middle-income rank due to COVID-19
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia has lost its upper middle-income status after a year, as coronavirus outbreaks have reversed its gains in curbing poverty …
Indonesia wants fewer babies. But is it a good idea?
His goal is to further eliminate poverty and lift the economic growth rate to about 7% a year from the average of about 5% during his first term from …
Indonesia targets elimination of extreme poverty in 2024
The Indonesian Government will reform the social welfare system with the aim of erasing extreme poverty in 2024, said Minister for National …
Indonesia’s GDP growth to contract 1.5 percent in 2020: IMF
… increase inequality, as the IMF expects nearly 90 million people to fall into poverty this year, according to IMF economic counsellor Gita Gopinath.
Poverty rate in Indonesia rises due to COVID-19
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia saw the poverty rate rise to 9.78 percent in March from 9.22 percent last September, with 26.42 million people living below …
WB warns of 2 percent contraction in Indonesia’s economy in 2020
Sanders said that under this scenario where the economy would actually contract, poverty would increase quite significantly, especially if there is no …
Indonesians act to feed poor as lockdown hits daily wage earners
Millions of Indonesians have been thrown into poverty in recent months and are struggling to make ends meet in a country that has recorded more …
Indonesia’s ‘rice ATMs’ provide staple amid corona crunch
… informal sector, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told parliament last week the coronavirus had set efforts to eradicate poverty back a decade.
Millions of Indonesians likely to fall into poverty, unemployment
Millions of Indonesians may fall into poverty and unemployment as the COVID-19 pandemic batters the Indonesian economy, according to Indonesia’s …
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