Jakarta, September 23, 2014 – Poverty reduction in Indonesia continues to slow down, with only a reduction of 0.7 percentage points over the last two years – the smallest decline in the last decade, says the World Bank.
Inequality has also increased in recent years, potentially disrupting social cohesion and hence jeopardizing the gains from solid economic growth, which has helped to reduce the poverty rate to 11.3% in 2014, compared to 24% in 1999.