Growth to Overcome Poverty
The number of poor people recorded is expected to increase in 2020. Quality growth must be encouraged in addition to government assistance to overcome the impact of Covid-19.
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Residents pass by a poor kampong area on the banks of the Winongo River in Pakuncen subdistrict, Wirobrajan district, Yogyakarta, on Thursday (2/2). Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) released in Jakarta on Wednesday, the Gini ratio in Yogyakarta in September 2016 was the highest in Indonesia, namely 0.425.
The number of poor people recorded is expected to increase in 2020. Quality growth must be encouraged in addition to government assistance to overcome the impact of Covid-19.
Statistics Indonesia (BPS) announced that the number of poor people in September 2020 had increased by 0.97 percent or 2.76 million people on an annual basis. The total number of people classified as poor was 10.79 percent of the population or 27.55 million people. Meanwhile, the Gini ratio, which measures prosperity inequality, did not move significantly, from 0.380 to 0.385.