TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The government is aiming for 75 percent financial inclusion rate by 2019. To achieve the target, the government needs to include 51.8 million more adults.
The Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution is confident of meeting the target. He said that the government has prepared five strategies listed in the National Strategies for Financial Inclusion (SNKI).
One of the strategies is financial education. The government will also ensure that people’s proprietary rights be met through the land certification program. Another strategy is to facilitate financial intermediation and distribution channel and consumer protection.
The head of the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K), Bambang Widianto, said that one of the biggest challenges to reduce poverty is higher food prices, particularly rice. Bambang said that poor families spend 60 percent of their income on foods. “Around 25 percent of which is for rice,” he said.
VINDRY FLORENTIN
