Food Prices Affect Poverty
The contribution of food commodities to the poverty line is growing. This could cause a slowdown in the race to eliminate poverty. The Central Statistics Agency’s data shows that food commodities contributed 73.31 percent to the poverty line in March 2017, which increased to 73.48 percent in March 2018.
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A woman washes the laundry on Monday (9/4/2018) at her makeshift home along a railway track in Petamburan, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. Poverty is still a major problem in the country.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The contribution of food commodities to the poverty line is growing.This could cause a slowdown in the race to eliminate poverty. The Central Statistics Agency’s (BPS) data shows that food commodities contributed 73.31 percent to the poverty line in March 2017, which increased to 73.48 percent in March 2018.
The BPS records 25.95 million poor people in March 2018, or 9.82 percent of the population. In March 2017, there were 27.77 million poor people, or 10.64 percent of the population.