Jokowi Reveals Several Strategies to Realize Golden Indonesia 2045
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Jakarta – The Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said that the government has several strategy to take advantage of opportunities to achieve a Golden Indonesia 2045. This is because the demographic bonus and international trust are great opportunities for Indonesia to achieve a Golden Indonesia in 2045.
"The strategy is already there. We just have to choose whether to focus our energy to move forward or waste energy on unproductive things," President Jokowi said at the Annual Session of the MPR RI and the Joint Session of the DPR RI and DPD RI in the context of the 78th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence of the Republic of Indonesia, Jakarta, on Wednesday.
The first strategy carried out by the government is preparing Indonesia's human resources. The President revealed that by 2022, the Government has succeeded in reducing the stunting rate to 21.6 percent from 37 percent in 2014, increasing the Human Development Index to 72.9, and increasing the Gender Empowerment Index to 76.5.
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"(The Government) prepared a total social protection budget from 2015 to 2023 of Rp3,212 trillion, including the Healthy Indonesia Card, Smart Indonesia Card (KIP), College KIP, PKH (Family Hope Program), Basic Food Card, and protection for the elderly, people with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups, as well as reskilling and upskilling the workforce through the Job Training Center and the Pre-Employment Card Program," the Head of State explained.
Second, the government also continues to intensify industrial downstreaming policies that can not only increase job creation that leads to national productivity, but also provide maximum added value.
"This is where the role of the green economy sector and downstreaming as our window of opportunity to achieve progress, because Indonesia is very rich in natural resources, both mineral materials, plantation products, marine products, as well as new and renewable energy sources," the Head of State said.