UNAIR economist stresses urgent need to revise Indonesia’s poverty standards
UNAIR NEWS – The World Bank recently adopted a new global poverty threshold based on 2021 Purchasing Power Parities (PPP), placing over 190 million Indonesians below the poverty line. In contrast, Indonesia’s Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reports only about 24 million people living in poverty as of 2024. This sharp disparity has sparked debate, underscoring









