Without the right policies, climate change could cause potential economic damage of up to 544 trillion rupiah (more than 36.6 billion USD) for Indonesia in the 2020 – 2024 period, according to the country’s Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas).
Malaysia showed good performance in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in 2020 despite adverse impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the third series of the SDG Indicators Report released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia.
Indonesia’s National Development Planning Ministry has said it is preparing four strategies to strengthen economic resilience in pursuit of quality and just growth.
The Indonesian Government will reform the social welfare system with the aim of erasing extreme poverty in 2024, said Minister for National Development Planning Suharso Monoarfa.
Indonesian Minister for National Development Planning Suharso Monoarfa and European Union (EU) Ambassador to Indonesia and Brunei Vincent Piket launched the publication EU-Indonesia Cooperation 2020: “Building Capacity for Green Growth” during an online event on September 17.
The Manpower Ministry of Indonesia has announced a funding of 5.2 trillion Rp (about 380 million USD) for vocational training centres nationwide to improve the quality of human resources.
Indonesia needs over 35.4 trillion Rupiah (2.517 trillion USD) worth of investment to achieve an average economic growth of 6 percent in the next five years, according to the Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas).
Indonesia will conduct a trial run on civil servants working from home, beginning with 1,000 staff of the National Development Planning Ministry on January 1, 2020.
The Indonesian government has launched the Indonesian Agency for International Development (AID), a fund to help reduce poverty and social inequality around the world.
The Indonesian Government pledges to disburse 40 billion USD to save the slowly sinking city in the next decade, said Minister of National Development Planning Bambang Brodjonegoro.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on January 8 that traffic congestion in Jakarta and its nearby areas results in annual economic losses of nearly 4.7 billion USD.
The 18th Asian Games (ASIAD 2018) from August 18 to September 2 in Indonesia is expected to facilitate a cash flow of 22 trillion IDR (1.6 billion USD) to the economy of this Southeast Asian country.
Indonesia has potential to become one of the main players in the Islamic finance industry (Sharia), said head of the National Development Planning Board Bambang Brodjonegoro.
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