Refleksi : What a great achievement! Hebat juga kemajuan yang dicapai
sebelum 100 hari kerja selesai yang penuh hirukpikuk BC. Insyaalloh dalam
waktu 5 tahun mendatang angka kemiskinan menjadi nol dan tidak lagi akan ada
pengiriman TKI ke tanah orang untuk mencari nafkah sebgai buruh murah tanpa
perlindungan hukum yang menada karena dipaksa oleh kemiskinan di rumah.
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VP : poverty rate continues to drop
Saturday, December 12, 2009 22:15 WIB | Economic & Business | |
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The poverty rate in Indonesia has since 1990 continued
to drop dramatically from 60 percent to 14.1 percent in 2009, Vice President
Boediono said.
"It is our historic record because the number of poor people continues to
decline rapidly since 1990, although it edged up slightly in 1998 as a result
of the national economic crisis," the vice president said at a conference on
the government`s mid-term national development plan (2010-2014) here on
Saturday.
According to the vice president, the poverty rate in 2000 to 2009 was recorded
at below 20 percent or slightly above 10 percent.
"From 2000 to 2009 the poverty rate has been under 20 percent and in 2009 alone
it was slightly above ten percent," the vice president said.
Boedino said the figure could continue to be reduced because Indonesia had the
potential to overcome the poverty problem with its good structure of economic
development and the government programs for people`s welfare.
"I am certain that we will be able to lower the poverty rate percentage from
14.1 percent this year to 8-10 percent in 2014 if we wisely make use of our
existing potentials," Boediono said.
Therefore the vice president called on regional governments as field
coordinators to pay serious attention to the people`s welfare so as to reduce
the poverty rate significantly.
Asked about the national development program, Boediono said the government
still needed Rp20 trillion per year in funds to step it up.
"It is quite a huge amount so it cannot be met from the state or regional
budgets, and therefore external support is also needed to reach the target of
national development," he said.
"To make national development a success, the government needs the support of
all parties , domestic and foreign investors who can cover the funds deficit,"
he added.
He said the condition of national economic structure was relatively safe
because the global economic crisis did not have a significant impact on it.
"We still have a strong economic structure and the opportunity to develop
financial sector in spite of global financial crisis. And that is good
potential for us to step our our national development program," the vice
president said.(*)
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