Human Development Planning Needs One Dataset

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Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Puan Maharani (third right) opens a limited panel discussion on “Future Human Development of Indonesia with the Support of Singular Population Data”, a collaboration between the Kompas daily and the Indonesian Population Coalition, held on Wednesday (21/8/2019) at the Menara Kompas in Jakarta. The panelists also included (from third left) Kompas deputy general chairman Rikard Bagun, Kompas chief editor Ninuk Mardiana and Kompas Gramedia Managing Director Lilik Oetama.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS – With the rapid growth of technology, changing economic challenges and globalization, Indonesia’s human resource development needs acceleration. The capacity to create “superior people” will also determine whether Indonesia can reap the fruits of the demographic bonus and become a developed nation.

After focusing on infrastructure development in his first-five year term, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo plans to focus on human resource development in his second term.