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The Stalled Launch of Red-and-White Cooperatives

Monday, November 3, 2025

Tens of thousands of red-and-white village cooperatives remain inactive. The government is providing a complete facility package, including outlets, warehouses, vehicles, and capital.

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A STICKER with the words "Red-and-White Subdistrict Cooperative (KKMP) of Pulisen" is affixed to the window of a small room in the corner of the Pulisen Sub-district Office in Boyolali, Central Java. Nothing was going on in the tidy room. Since the cooperative was established four months ago, it has only been used to store chairs and tables. "Our cooperative has not started operating at all," Hartanti, chair of KKMP Pulisen, said in an interview

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Ghoida Rahmah, Caesar Akbar, Adil Al Hasan, Ilona Esterina Piri, and Septhia Ryanthie (Surakarta) contributed to the writing of this article. 

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