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Child Poverty

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ISWADI
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The Central Statistics Agency announced that the number of poor people in Indonesia in March 2017 reached 27.77 million (10.64 percent), increasing by 6,900 compared with the condition in September 2016, which was 27.76 million (10.70 percent). Of the nearly 28 million poor people in March 2017, as much as 40.22 percent (11.26 million people) were children.

The decline in the percentage of poor people in 2017 is less qualified. Aside from the fact that the absolute number of the poor is growing, the Poverty Depth Index and Poverty Severity Index also increases. The Poverty Depth Index increases from 1.74 to 1.83, illustrating the per capita expenditure conditions of people grouped in the poor category to be farther below the poverty line.  Similarly, the Poverty Severity Index also increases from 0.44. to 0.48. This means that the gap among the poor is getting wider.

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