Ayomi Amindoni – Indonesia's Gini coefficient ratio improved by 0.01 to 0.4 in September 2015. The Gini ratio is an indicator measuring income-distribution inequality.

Ayomi Amindoni – The government's aim of reducing the national inequality ratio, known as the Gini ratio, from 0.41 to 0.39 in 2016 is too ambitious according to one activist, who points out that B

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said that the poverty level has increased on account of slow economic growth and food-price increases.

Kupang – The number of underprivileged people in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) as of September 2015 stood at 1,160,530, a rise of 22.58 percent compared to the corresponding period in 2014.

Jakarta – The number of Indonesians living in poverty continued to be on the rise as of last September, as weakening economic growth curbed income opportunities among the country's most underprivil

Arya Dipa, Apriadi Gunawan and Panca Nugraha, Bandung/Medan – Due to the increase in staple food prices, the number of underprivileged people, especially in urban areas, has increased, especially i

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – Indonesia is at risk of leaving its poor and vulnerable behind as the nation's income inequality continues its rapid rise, a World Bank official has said.

Jakarta – As the Indonesian automotive industry keeps lowering sales targets, the premium market segment seems to be avoiding much of the pain caused by a slowing economy, as Mercedes-Benz is repor

Sandra Siagian, Jakarta – Every afternoon, Wahyu sets up his wooden food cart by the side of a busy road in Central Jakarta to sell sweet buns, known as bakpao, to people passing by.

Kennial Caroline Laia, Jakarta – The Central Statistics Agency, or BPS, last week released Indonesia's latest poverty data, which found that 27.73 million people, or about 11 percent of the country

Hizbul Ridho, Jakarta – The National Development Planning Ministry has claimed Indonesia will be "slum-free" by 2019 as the government plans to improve the living conditions of some of

Jakarta – The incoming government is optimistic that the country's growing inequality can be narrowed despite its target to achieve economic growth of at least 7 percent a year, said vi

Jakarta – Economists have concluded that despite the country's intensified development program, income inequality has worsened over the past 10 years.

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Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Many residents in Papua are still living in poverty although the government has disbursed Rp 57 trillion (US$4.9 billion) in special autonomy, or Otsus, f

Shesar Andriawan – The economic gap between the rich and the poor in Indonesia continues to widen as the nation's wealthiest are expected to take advantage of a bigger share of the coun

Effendi – A new report released by the Central Statistics Agency, or BPS, shows an increase in the number of Indonesians living below the poverty line between March and September last y

Indonesia's economy grew by roughly 6 percent in 2013, but its poverty reduction has nearly stalled with almost half the population living in poverty – and experts struggling to identif

Anushka Shahjahan – Successful economic development in recent years has failed to lift the livelihoods of children in Indonesia, participants in a conference in Jakarta agreed on Tuesda

Anushka Shahjahan – The national government has been tackling child poverty and improving social protection for citizens via several programs, but progress is hampered without the full

Dessy Aswim – The credibility and accuracy of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's recent claim to have lifted nine million people out of poverty in the past five years has left some sk

Abdul Qowi Bastian – The most troubling issue Jakarta faces is the enormous social disparity between the haves and the have-nots, Governor Joko Widodo said on Thursday.

Pemalang – Economic and social gap is the root cause of persistent security problem in Papua, Velix Wanggai, a special staff of the president on regional autonomy, said.

Jakarta – The growth in the number of wealthy individuals over the last 10 years has been spectacular, increasing by five fold or by 500 percent.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – In a fall from grace, Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie has failed to appear on Forbes magazine's 2012 list of the country's 40 richest men for the first

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – The billionaires club in Indonesia is set to welcome new members.

Dili – National police and NGOs in East Timor have noted an uptick in alcohol-fueled violence, especially among unemployed youths.

Michael Bachelard – East Timor is a long way from realising its dreams of prosperity despite its oil revenue.

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Six-year-old Selvia Rahmawati appeared undaunted walking between cars and motorcycles at an intersection in Karet Bivak, Tanah Abang in Central Jakarta.

Ulma Haryanto – Standards of living in Papua have continuously risen during the past 13 years, according to the Papua Office of the Central Statistics Agency, a claim vehemently dispute

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Government agencies say that several provinces in eastern Indonesia cannot provide basic public services – despite rich natural resources and trillions o

Fitri, Mataram – West Nusa Tenggara has been aggressively promoting its tourism industry with one mega-construction project after another, including an international airport.

Dili – "Despite the progress in reducing poverty, greater effort is needed to ensure that growth and international assistance benefits the poorest, particularly those in rural areas," s

Farouk Arnaz – Measures taken to disperse the pro-independence Papuan Peoples' Congress in Jayapura last month were within the bounds of regulations governing the use of force, the Nati

The Asian Development Bank has clarified that its data showed poverty in Indonesia was in fact decreasing, and not on the rise, as a local nongovernmental organization recently reported

Aguis Triyono – The combined wealth of Indonesia's 40 richest people is equivalent to that of about 60 million of its poorest citizens, a nongovernmental organization said on Wednesday.

Faisal Maliki Baskoro – Indonesia's wealthy population surged by almost a fifth year-on-year in August, a rate three times the projected economic growth.

Lydia Tomkiw – Come 2015, Indonesia will be home to 99,000 wealthy individuals with a combined fortune worth $487 billion, according to a report.

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Despite their financial hardships, many poor families in Indonesia prioritize spending on cigarettes rather than on other needs.

S.K. Zainuddin – In the fight against poverty, the yardstick used to measure progress has long been statistics.

Camelia Pasandaran & Dion Bisara – With recently released government data showing that the number of poor people in Indonesia is declining, once again questions are being raised amo

Esther Samboh, Jakarta – The number of low-income people in the country continues to slide this year but the reduction is slowing in an irony contrary to Indonesia's globally lauded rap

Tifa Asrianti, Jakarta – The government needs to evaluate its fight against poverty as three poverty reduction programs – direct cash assistance, rice for the poor and health security f

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Jakarta – The number of impoverished people in the country may increase should the government pass into law a bill on poverty alleviation that will redefine who is categorized as poor,

Jakarta – The government will not meet its target to reduce the poverty level to 8 to 10 percent by late 2014 unless it implements more appropriate measures, economists say.

Mariel Grazella, Jakarta – Poverty left no options for six siblings but to consume a cheap traditional meal made of processed cassava mixed with palm sugar, called tiwul, which led to l

The rebuilding of Aceh from the enormous destruction of the 2004 tsunami has been impressive, but the province continues to lag behind the rest of the nation in terms of poverty, life e

Dessy Sagita, Jakarta – Efforts to alleviate poverty through community empowerment programs are being held back by corruption and vested interests within the government, an official wit