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Introduction The impacts of climate change in the Asia-Pacific region threaten to undo hard-won gains in sustainable development that countries have made in recent decades. Climate change is putting...

Key messages Indonesia has made remarkable poverty reduction progress, with extreme poverty basically eradicated. Now, Indonesia can now turn to broadening its definition of poverty to commensurate...

LEVERAGING MIGRATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS In October 2020, the Principals of International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Development Programme...

JUN ERIK RENTS, CHLERCHRISTOPH KLAIBER & JIAN VUN Over the past 20 years, floods have displaced more Indonesians than any other disaster type, causing significant damage and disrupting local...

WFP’s Socio-economic Response and Recovery Programme Framework (SERRF, formerly the MTPF) lays out WFP’s contribution to inclusive and resilient recovery. It provides a flexible framework for WFP to...

G OI’s response to the crisis has been strong with budgetary allocations on new relief measures implying an approximate doubling of the spending on core social assistance. Measures to mitigate...

Jakarta, 10/07/2020 - 06:27, UNIQUE ID: 200710_17 The European Union (EU) has signed three grant agreements worth €5.3 million or IDR 86 billion with European and Indonesian NGOs working in...

COVID-19 IN INDONESIA On 2 March 2020 the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Indonesia; by 8 May, more 12,776 cases and 930 deaths had been reported in all 34 provinces. However, modelling...

Executive Summary The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the World Bank’s corporate goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity call for specific attention to the poor and...

By Nicholas Owen KARANG JATI, Indonesia, Oct 29 (Reuters) - On a dry and dusty sports field in central Java, Indonesian men dressed as traditional warriors take turns to battle with wooden staves,...

Social protection and agriculture: Breaking the cycle of rural poverty is the theme of World Food Day today. It is important to highlight the importance of agriculture in reducing rural poverty and...

Reduce poverty Caritas aims to reduce the incidence and impact of poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand and around the world. There is no single solution to poverty and it can take many forms. Each...

Nethy Dharma Somba, The Jakarta Post, Jayapura | National | Wed, March 05 2014, 10:00 PM Many residents in Papua are still living in poverty although the government has disbursed Rp 57 trillion...

Author: Thin Lei Win PHNOM PENH (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An ambitious government food security project in Indonesia’s Papua is leading to starvation, disease and poverty, said a UK-based rights...

Description The Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) was established in May 2000 and provides direct grant assistance to the poorest and most vulnerable groups in developing member countries...

Foreign Minister Bob Carr today announced Australia will provide an additional $99 million over the next two years for Indonesia’s flagship poverty reduction program. Senator Carr said the National...

Today is the 20th International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and a good time to reflect on the Australian aid program’s progress towards this important Millennium Development Goal. The theme...

Knowledge transfer between middle-income and least developed countries has proven potential to transform lives of poorest By Fazle Hasan Abed and Kanayo Nwanze Rural poverty and food insecurity...

AusAID and The Asia Foundation have expanded their strategic partnership to address poverty in the region through a new three-year $19.5 million agreement. Why this is important As Australia strives...