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Determined
Efforts to Deal With Poverty
In
making determined efforts to deal with poverty,
the regional government is expected to actively
take part in a policy that could be used
to take out poverty in Indonesia since the
labor intensive program is not effective.
This was stated by the Advisor of National
Planning Board (Bappenas), Bambang Bintoro
Sudjito at a Regional Experience Exchange
Workshop in Mainstreaming Efforts to Poverty
Improvement at Sanur Paradise Plaza Hotel
Tuesday (3/8).
It
was explained, the number of population
categorized into poor levels in Indonesia
reached 38 million. Yet, as Bambang said,
this figure could not be finalized. Bambang
hoped, the upcoming new government needed
to improve the situation, as without high
economic growth it can not be expected to
manage and overcome the poverty problem.
“Low economic growth will not create
job opportunities that is sufficient for
accommodating a fresh labor force. This
will increase the figure of open unemployment
that will be vastly sensitive in expanding
the indigent po-pulation.ulation. If this
is neglected, will have the potential to
provoke social disorder in society. It is
excessively dangerous,” he explained.
Bambang said the condition of each region
in Indonesia is not the same. Similarly,
the poverty rate of population of each region
varies, so in determining the target of
indigence reduction was required a policy
that referred to that regional condition.
At the workshop an experience exchange was
held for three days, on the 2-4 August,
Bambang expects to be able to find out the
best solution to reduce the poverty rate
in Indonesia. At the workshop were also
invited some parties to share their outstanding
achievements, among them were the Regent
of Jembrana I Gede Winasa and Regent of
Solok Gumawan Fauzi. Some of the solutions
were the improvement of social services,
efficiency in using goods and extending
funds that could give direct benefits to
the indigent population. (BTN/015)
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