Poverty & Social Inequity

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October 2016

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – October 29, 2016

Kid: Where's the result of two years work? We're still poor!

Man: Patience... you want to get rich in an instant? Hurry off and see a mystic who can multiply banknotes...

March 2016

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – March 2, 2016

President Widodo has said that poverty levels are rising on account of slow economic growth and food-price increases resulting in the gini coefficient, which reflects the gap between rich and the poor, rising to 0.41 in September 2015.

December 2015

News/Indonesia
Kata Data – December 10, 2015

Yura Syahrul – According to the World Bank, inequality levels in Indonesia have steadily increased over the last 15 years. The rate at which this inequality has risen is the fastest among countries in the East Asia region.

April 2015

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – April 4, 2015

Kid: Is there any ‘Dilkin’ (Justice for the poor) Dad?

Man: What there is... is ‘Misnurani’... a poverty of conscience!

Gaskin/Raskin – Subsidised LPG and rice for the poor. Newspaper headlines: Grandmother Asyani, Police vs KPK, Political uproar, Fat bank accounts, Robbers.

December 2014

News/Indonesia
Liputan6.com – December 4, 2014

Fiki Ariyanti, Jakarta – Forbes magazine has again released a list of the richest people in the world, including from Indonesia. There are 50 Indonesian conglomerates included in the list, old faces as well as new.

With the emergence of this bourgeois in Indonesia, can the government push for more tax revenue from these people?

October 2014

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – October 11, 2014

Document: Revenge and Political Intrigue Law

Kid: Dad, I’m really confused... what’s important is we can still eat stir fried enceng gondok and tempe bongkrek (cheap sources of food for the poor)

May 2014

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – May 7, 2014

Politicians: We’re ready to pair up

Woman: We’re used to ‘dieting’ (bag reads Basic Goods, Instant Noodles)

October 2013

News/Indonesia
BBC News Indonesia – October 29, 2013

According to a labour observer, although wages continue to rise, the real value of workers’ wages has declined so workers are being impoverished structurally.

July 2013

News/Indonesia
Kompas – July 2, 2013

Jakarta – Temporary Direct Assistance to the Public (BLSM) could be ineffective because it may not be spent as intended. Using the Direct Cash Assistance (BLT) scheme in 2008 as a reference, 60 percent of the money allocated was used to pay off debts and the rest spent on cigarettes

May 2013

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – May 15, 2013

Newspaper reads: Housing prices continue to rise, Palace of the Gods only 2.8 billion [rupiah].

Man: Is that the price, its so low...