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RI, India to share AI, digital platforms for official statistics

Tech 1 month ago

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RI, India to share AI, digital platforms for official statistics

Indonesia and India have agreed to exchange artificial intelligence applications and digital statistical platforms to expedite the modernization of their national data systems.

Economic Census helps businesses spot market opportunities: BPS

Interview 1 month ago

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Economic Census helps businesses spot market opportunities: BPS

Deputy Statistics Indonesia (BPS) chief Sonny Harry Budiutomo Harmadi sat down with Aditya Hadi and Ruth Dea Juwita of The Jakarta Post to discuss the expanding scope of this year’s census and its implications for policymakers, investors and businesses.

How ghost workers and livestreamers became the economy

Academia 2 months ago

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How ghost workers and livestreamers became the economy

A country cannot govern what it does not measure. Indonesia's economy is not shrinking or disappearing, it is becoming increasingly obscured by outdated statistical lenses.

Data-driven policy for better food security

Academia 3 years ago

Data-driven policy for better food security

We need credible and accurate data to inform policies on food security toward inclusive recovery in today's challenging post-pandemic conditions.

What can we expect from the 2023 Agricultural Census?

Academia 3 years ago

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What can we expect from the 2023 Agricultural Census?

Until recently, the agricultural sector was at the center of Indonesian poverty, with farmers and agricultural laborers making up more than half of the country’s poor population.

Japan's population down 640,000 in 2021, biggest drop on record

Asia & Pacific 4 years ago

Japan's population down 640,000 in 2021, biggest drop on record

The tally, which also includes foreign residents, dipped for the 11th consecutive year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said.

The challenge of monitoring farmers' welfare

Opinion 4 years ago

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The challenge of monitoring farmers' welfare

Almost 60 percent of poor people live in rural areas, and most of them rely on agriculture as their livelihood.

Indonesia remains Java-centric despite Jokowi's infrastructure campaign

Business 5 years ago

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Indonesia remains Java-centric despite Jokowi's infrastructure campaign

Java's economic output remains the highest across the country's islands, making it hard to see migration to other cities and provinces outside the country's most populous island.

China's population grows to 1.41 billion: census data

World 5 years ago

China's population grows to 1.41 billion: census data

China's birthrate has been in steady decline since 2017, despite Beijing's relaxation of the decades-old "one-child policy" in order to try and avert a looming demographic crisis.

China to report first population drop in five decades

World 5 years ago

China to report first population drop in five decades

A population drop will add pressure on Beijing to roll out measures to encourage couples to have more children and avert an irreversible decline.

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