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Indonesia says number of poor rises by 2.76 million due to pandemic

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Published Mon, Feb 15, 2021 · 05:04 AM

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    [JAKARTA] The number of poor people in Indonesia rose by 2.76 million in the year to September 2020 to reach a total of 27.55 million, or 10.19 per cent of the population, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the statistics bureau said on Monday.

    The data defined a poor person as someone spending below 458,947 rupiah (S$43.70) a month, it said.

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