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        "id": 1626469,
        "msgid": "chatib-basri-raises-job-concerns-in-meeting-with-prabowo-1773993077",
        "date": "2026-03-20 14:02:59",
        "title": "Chatib Basri Raises Job Concerns in Meeting with Prabowo",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID_BISNIS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Economy",
        "summary": "Economist Chatib Basri questioned President Prabowo Subianto on creating quality jobs during a discussion in Hambalang, highlighting research linking rising protests to a shrinking middle class and noting that despite falling overall unemployment, educated groups face the highest rates. Basri pointed out that 80% of jobs created from 2019 to 2024 were low-wage informal positions. Prabowo responded by advocating industrialisation, urging the processing of raw materials into high-value products and outlining plans to build factories for key commodities to boost employment.",
        "content": "<p>Economist Chatib Basri questioned President Prabowo Subianto about\ncreating quality jobs during a discussion with several observers in\nHambalang on Thursday, 19 March 2026. The former Finance Minister\nrevealed research findings showing that increasing protests in various\ncountries, including Indonesia, are linked to the shrinking middle\nclass. Chatib explained that although Indonesia\u2019s unemployment rate has\ndecreased, the highest unemployment is among the educated group. \u201cThis\nis a new problem not unique to Indonesia, but worldwide, Sir. Because\neconomic growth creates jobs, but informal ones,\u201d said Chatib in\nHambalang on Thursday, 19 March 2026, quoted from a video clip uploaded\nvia the Instagram account <span class=\"citation\" data-cites=\"chatibbasri\">@chatibbasri<\/span>. The University of\nIndonesia economics lecturer revealed that 80 percent of jobs created\nfrom 2019 to 2024 were informal jobs with low wages. Chatib Basri then\nasked Prabowo what he would do to create quality jobs. Prabowo responded\nthat the solution to the problem is industrialisation. \u201cWe must no\nlonger export raw materials. We must process those raw materials into\nderivative industrial products with high value,\u201d said Prabowo. The Head\nof State mentioned that Indonesia has become a market for cars from\nother countries. Yet, Indonesia does not lack natural resources to\nprocess into cars. He also mentioned coconuts as a miracle crop.\nAccording to Prabowo, in other countries, VCO or virgin coconut oil is\nconsidered anti-cancer. According to Prabowo, industrialisation can be\nrealised by building factories. \u201cAnd we have already mapped it out, we\nalready have a plan, an industrial tree for all the important\ncommodities we have,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/chatib-basri-raises-job-concerns-in-meeting-with-prabowo-1773993077",
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