No poverty in ten years

No poverty in ten years

KEBUMEN, Central Java: No Indonesians will live below the poverty line in 10 years, an official asserted yesterday.

Deputy chairman of the state minister for development planning Mubyarto said that the state-sponsored assistance for impoverished villages will lift more than 25 million people, in 20,000 hamlets across the country, above the poverty line.

Official statistic indicate that 26 million of Indonesia's population of 190 million, still live below the poverty line.

Mubyarto said the government has channeled Rp 400 billion (US$180 million) over the past year to assist poor villages improve their economies. (wah)