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    "data": {
        "id": 1228280,
        "msgid": "wb-clarifies-1447899208",
        "date": "2002-09-19 00:00:00",
        "title": "WB clarifies",
        "author": null,
        "source": "",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "WB clarifies I would like to clarify some minor points on your article titled Govt to discontinue rice subsidy for 565,000 families (Sept. 12). It stated in the article that the \"Rice for the poor\" program emulates the special market operation program (OPK), which was first conducted in 1998 in the wake of the economic crisis and funded by the World Bank.",
        "content": "<p>WB clarifies<\/p>\n<p>I would like to clarify some minor points on your article<br>\ntitled Govt to discontinue rice subsidy for 565,000 families<br>\n(Sept. 12). It stated in the article that the \"Rice for the poor\"<br>\nprogram emulates the special market operation program (OPK),<br>\nwhich was first conducted in 1998 in the wake of the economic<br>\ncrisis and funded by the World Bank.<\/p>\n<p>We would like to clarify that the OPK was funded entirely from<br>\nthe government budget and the World Bank has never provided funds<br>\nfor the operation of this program. However, the World Bank did,<br>\nin conjunction with our lending program, supported the<br>\ngovernment's efforts to improve the targeting program of the<br>\nsafety program network (JPS) including OPK, monitor the<br>\neffectiveness of the programs, and establish mechanism to<br>\nsafeguard these resources.<\/p>\n<p>Our support to the targeting, monitoring and safeguarding<br>\nactivities ended in December 2000 when most of the JPS program<br>\nended.<\/p>\n<p>MOHAMAD AL-ARIEF<\/p>\n<p>Communications Officer<\/p>\n<p>World Bank Office<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/wb-clarifies-1447899208",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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