Poverty
‘Half the Population’ Below the Poverty Line
Monday, October 23, 2000
The World Bank has implemented a new method of determining the number of Indonesians living below the poverty line. However, some have described the criterion as biased.
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A breakfast of glutinous rice and black coffee has become the permanent menu for Ade, a shoe smith based at a Tanjung Priok bus terminal in North Jakarta. On a good day, Ade can make enough to put rice and half an egg on his plate for lunch and dinner. But on a quiet day, he is forced to eat bananas or fried cassava to fill his stomach.
Ade’s average daily income of approximately Rp10,000 per day (approximately US$1.10) is not enough to
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