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Indonesia Must Reduce Extreme Poverty
A man cycling in a slum area in Jakarta on 13 August 2022. According to the World Bank, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Indonesia's poverty reduction progress, causing the poverty rate to go from 9.2 percent in September 2019 to 9.7 percent recorded in September 2021. Meanwhile, Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, said, the Indonesian government will be reduce the extreme poverty rate in Indonesia by 1 percent each year until 2024. (Photo by Afriadi Hikmal/NurPhoto)
