Monday, November 30, 2020
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Healthy forests are critical to addressing the climate emergency. If deforestation is stopped and degraded...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Money disbursed from the social assistance fund in the first two months of 2019 rose 70.1 percent to Rp23.6 trillion from Rp13.9 trillion in the same period of 2018, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said. The amount rose as the number of the...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Traditionally the Indonesian government wants to raise spending on social assistance programs when legislative and presidential elections are around the corner in an attempt to become more popular, hence attract more votes. The government under the...
Sunday, August 20, 2017
State-owned lender Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) launched on Sunday TASA, a special savings account for disadvantaged children, as part of its larger efforts to widen the country's financial inclusion. TASA will be used to funnel social assistance...
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
The World Bank has approved a $200 million loan to help the Indonesian government expand social assistance programs in an effort to eradicate poverty, according to a statement released on Wednesday (10/05).
Rodrigo A. Chaves, World Bank's country...
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Indonesia’s informal sector still makes up the largest proportion of the economy. The failure of social protection to cover the roughly 65 percent of informal workers will almost certainly contribute to increased poverty levels and inequality in the near...
Monday, March 7, 2016
Conditional cash transfers (CCT) are a stepping stone to universal health coverage, not just help for individual families.
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America, Mexico, Asia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines
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