In Papua, Many Still Live in Poverty Despite Abundant Funds – The Jakarta Post [website] by Nethy Dharma Somba – Jayapura: Many residents in Papua are still living in poverty although the government has disbursed Rp 57 trillion (US$4.9 billion) in special autonomy, or Otsus, funds to the province since 2002. “Such abundant funding could neither reduce the poverty level nor increase the human development index [HDI] in Papua. The funds channeled since 2002 to date have not yet been successful to move Papua from its current position as the province with the lowest HDI in Indonesia despite ...
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 22:35:58 +0000
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