Poor villages given access to market

Poor villages given access to market

YOGYAKARTA: Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs
Aburizal Bakrie signed on Thursday night a Memorandum of
Understanding with eight state university rectors for a network
to build infrastructure in poor villages.

The five-year village infrastructure program is expected to
cost up to US$150 billion. Aburizal said the government could
only provide $25 billion, while the remainder is expected to come
from private sectors donations.

Aburizal said the program would provide villages with access
to markets for their agricultural products, thereby assisting to
reduce poverty. -- JP