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View all search resultsAccording to the World Bank’s "Poverty & Equity Brief East Asia & Pacific" released in October 2023, under the global standard, 60.5 percent of Indonesia's population, around 166.6 million people, were living below the poverty line in 2022.
The expansion in cabinet size has not been paralleled by improvements in governance outcomes. According to World Bank data, Indonesia's regulatory quality score stood at 59.43 in 2022, reflecting a decline from 61 in 2021.
The selection of Diong marks a major milestone in the operationalization of the new World Bank-administered fund, whose creation in 2022 was a breakthrough for developing country negotiators at United Nations climate talks, overcoming years of resistance from wealthy nations.
According to the World Bank's projection, the country's rice production could fall 0.72 percent in the next 10 years due to warming temperatures, pointing to a greater need for targeted measures to keep the staple food affordable.
Relying on social safety nets will not do much as this only provides short-term relief, while more often such programs coincide with a populist agenda of incumbents seeking to stay in power. There have been many reports of social assistance that went to those who did not deserve the aid.
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