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Academia 1 year ago
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Restoring free meals program as a child nutrition initiative
Considering that the free meals program has minimal socioeconomic impacts in the short term, it would be better to revert the program to its original design as a policy on improving child nutrition, which would have positive effects in terms of cost, food quality and fiscal management.
Academia 2 years ago
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Green is the new gold: Unlocking Indonesia's prosperity through climate finance
By the estimates of Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati in 2023, Indonesia needs at least Rp 4 quadrillion (US$250 billion) to meet its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and achieve its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets by 2030.
Economy 2 years ago
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Indonesian poverty drops to historic low as inequality narrows
The country’s poverty rate has fallen to a historic low this year while inequality, as measured by the Gini coefficient, has hit its lowest point in more than a decade, but both figures remain below the government’s target.
Academia 2 years ago
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How palm oil can help realize the vision of high-income country
The plan to double palm oil production is still environmentally, technically and commercially feasible because there are still large areas outside the natural forests that are fit for oil palm estate expansion.
Presidential Race 2 years ago
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INDEF deputy slams candidates' anti-poverty policies as 'not enough'
The deputy director of INDEF has criticized the presidential candidates' poverty alleviation strategies, saying that lifting people out of poverty will take much more than a social assistance (bansos) program.
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