JakartaPost-Sept 30
The government wants to eradicate extreme poverty by 2024 with a mix of additional spending on social assistance and spurring corporate social responsibility (CSR) outside Jakarta. The percentage of Indonesians living in extreme poverty, those living on less than US$1.90 at purchasing power parity a day, was estimated at 4 percent, according to the National Team for Accelerated Poverty Reduction (TNP2K), quoting Statistics Indonesia (BPS). This year, the government aims to reduce the share to 3.8 percent by lifting people out of extreme poverty in 35 cities and regencies in West Java, Central Java, East Java, East Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, West Papua and Papua. “If possible, extreme poverty should be eradicated in those 35 cities and regencies,” Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto said in an online event on Wednesday. “We will create programs, [including] additional Staple Food Cards or village funds.” Mohammad Faisal, the executive director of the Center for Reform on Economics (CORE) Indonesia, said, “Often, the problem is not whether there is a budget, but whether the assistance reaches them,” Faisal told The Jakarta Post in a phone interview on Wednesday.
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