Govt regarded to have failed to decrease poverty rate
Jakarta, NU OnlineDuring his two-year post, President Susilo Bambang Yudoyono has failed to decrease poverty rate following a data mentioning that the poverty rate climbed from 15.75 percent in Februari 2005 to 17.95 percent in March 2006. “We need such policies to alleviate poverty through comprehensive measures. One of main problems preserving the poverty in Indonesia is that its foreign debt,” Project Officer of Millenium Development Goals & Poverty, Wahyu Susilo told reporters at a press conference at the NU office, Jalan Kramat Raya, 164 Jakarta, Tuesday (17/10).