#poverty

A fisherman spills the day's catch in Tegal, Central Java, recently. Illegal fishing undermined Indonesian economy and cause a huge amount of financial loss.

Selasa , 16 Sep 2014, 10:57 WIB

Indonesian fishermen might suffer more under AEC

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesian fishermen might suffer more when the ASEAN Economic Community is implemented in 2015, according to an environmentalist organization, Walhi. Under the present condition, Indonesia should not...

Low-cost apartment in Pulo Gebang, East Jakarta (illustration)

Rabu , 10 Sep 2014, 18:42 WIB

Minister encourages low-cost apartment development

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Public Housing Minister Djan Faridz encourages developers to build low-cost rental apartments (Rusunawa) and MCK (public bathing, washing and toilet) facilities that can be used by the public. "I hope that Rusunawa and MCK facilities which are be built will really be utilized by the correct users," Djan Faridz said in a press statement on Wednesday. He said...

Jumat , 15 Aug 2014, 13:00 WIB

President: Govt succesfully reduces poverty by 4.5 mln

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The government has been successful in...

Rabu , 13 Aug 2014, 19:07 WIB

Governor: Zakat deemed effective to address poverty

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDA ACEH -- Proper management and distribution of...

Senin , 14 Apr 2014, 22:22 WIB

Government provides 425 billion IDR for the disabled

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesian government has distributed aid for...

Government allocates 19.93 trillion IDR in the 2014 state budget for the health insurance program, in an effort to protect the 86.4 million poor and unemployed people. (Illustration)

Rabu , 01 Jan 2014, 17:01 WIB

Today, national health insurance scheme to be effective

Senin , 16 Dec 2013, 01:33 WIB

Mugabe says mining cash will be used to help poor

Rabu , 06 Nov 2013, 22:00 WIB

Legislator Minta Pemerintah Percepat Proses Amnesti TKI

Selasa , 29 Oct 2013, 22:04 WIB

Poverty rate declining: Minister

Senin , 28 Oct 2013, 14:44 WIB

Poor Arabs chewed by Indonesia's fish

Coordinating Minister for Social Affairs Agung Laksono (right) receives an award from General Manager FAO for reducing hunger. (illustration)

Selasa , 18 Jun 2013, 23:27 WIB

FAO: Indonesia successfully cuts hunger

A refugee from South Kordofan and her child rest at the Yida refugee camp in Yida on Wednesday.ith the right formulas, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim is optimistic that extreme poverty can be ended within a generation. (illustration)

Kamis , 18 Apr 2013, 23:56 WIB

World Bank addresses two agendas to fight poverty

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim speaks at a news conference of the 2013 Spring Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington April 18, 2013.

Kamis , 18 Apr 2013, 23:37 WIB

Kim's World Bank: Three formulas to alleviate poverty

Some kids play in their neighborhood in a slum area in Jakarta. (illustration)

Jumat , 11 Jan 2013, 21:00 WIB

Govt: MP3EI is expected to alleviate poverty

Homeless people live under highway bridge in East Jakarta. An analyst predicts that income inequality even getting wider in 2013. (illustration)

Rabu , 02 Jan 2013, 17:22 WIB

Analyst: Economic inequality getting wider in 2013

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono delivers his message at the Post-2015 Development Agenda in the regional meeting and stakeholder consultation in Bali on Thursday.

Kamis , 13 Dec 2012, 23:56 WIB

SBY shares Indonesian vision on Post-2015 Development Agenda

The Bangladeshi banker Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank, receive Novel Prize 2006

Selasa , 23 Oct 2012, 20:41 WIB

A solution called 'microfinance'

Vice Presiden Boediono (second left) and the Minister of Social Affairs Salim Segaf Al Jufri (third left), attend the opening of Indonesian Masjid Board (DMI) convention in Jakarta on Friday.

DMI: Digging out mosque's role in economy

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – As a country which has more than a million mosque, Indonesia holds an amazing potency. “Indonesia is like sleeping tiger,” the Deputy Chairman of Indonesian Masjid Board (DMI), Goodwill Zubair, said on Thursday. He added, mosque should not only a place for praying. On the conference held in April 26-29 at Hajj Complex, Pondok Gede, the empowerment of...

Charity helps Indonesia in poverty eradication (illustration)

Rabu , 18 Apr 2012, 19:08 WIB