Recovery Program Should Target the People

This year, Rp 699.43 trillion of the state expenditure totaling Rp 2.75 quadrillion was allocated for the PEN program, which is to be used for financing health, especially the national vaccination rollout.

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Covid-19 vaccination participants await in the observation stage of giving vaccines to shopping center and retail workers in Bogor City, West Java, March 21, 2021. Vaccination is believed to help economic recovery.

Editor’s Note

The Kompas daily once again held a limited panel discussion on the economy on Thursday (18/3/2021), themed "Harnessing the National Economic Recovery Stimulus". The panelists were: Deputy Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara, former finance minister M. Chatib Basri (2013-2014), Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry vice chairman Shinta Widjaja Kamdani, and M Bloc Space CEO founder Handoko Hendroyono. Coverage on the discussion, published here, on page 13 and on page “Jendela E”, were prepared by Ninuk M. Pambudy, Agnes Theodora, Dimas W. Nugraha, and researcher Giani from Kompas Research and Development.