Overcoming Disparities
The pandemic is exacerbating the inequality that existed before. The government has proposed that the 2022 State Budget (APBN) be used to overcome poverty and create jobs.
Duri Selatan Village, Tambora, West Jakarta, one of the densely populated areas that occupies the banks of Kali Duri, Monday (25/2/2019).
A warning that we have to be aware of widening economic inequality amid the uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has again been given.
This newspaper on Wednesday (1/9/2021) raised the issue that we have to be cautious about the occurrence of a K-shaped economic growth curve. This curve has two branches going in different directions. For one group, there is rapid growth, but for the other group, things get worse. As a result, the economic gap in society widens.