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Apindo plans 3 million jobs a year over five years
Sofjan Wanandi, chairmanof the Indonesian Workers Association (Apindo), says he is optimistic that theassociation can create 3 million jobs between 2014 and 2019 in order to fulfillthe need for almost 8
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S
ofjan Wanandi, chairmanof the Indonesian Workers Association (Apindo), says he is optimistic that theassociation can create 3 million jobs between 2014 and 2019 in order to fulfillthe need for almost 8.3 million jobs in the period and also to reduceunemployment, which reached 7.2 million in 2013.
'We will need 15.5 million jobs to combat such issues, meaning that there needs to be 3 million jobs created a year for the next five years,' Sofjan said on Tuesday as quoted by Kompas.com.
In order to meet that goal, Apindo has drawn up an economic roadmap, detailing policy recommendation goals measured in several time frames such as 100 days, one year and five years. Sofjan explained that the recommendations would cover five specific sectors including food and agriculture, energy, manufacturing, services and the financial sector.
However, he added that improvements in law enforcement, regional autonomy, bureaucratic reform, macroeconomic policies and in infrastructure must also be made simultaneously.
Another challenge to
these goals, Sofjan said, included the perpetually low prices of international
commodities, as well as the end of an 'affordable currency' era.
Meanwhile, Apindo
executive director Agung Pambudi said in order to achieve that target, the national
economy must grow by 7 percent for the next five years. (dyl/dic)
