Unemployment, Indonesian Economic Team greatest challenge KiB II
Posted on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 at 8:27 amThe ministers of United Indonesia Cabinet II will against many challenges. For the economic team’s biggest challenge is to find a solution to solve the unemployment problem that continues from year to year.
“In the economic sector the hardest problems faced by the unemployed who have dealt with seriously,” said economist Fadhil Hasan INDEF, the Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Thursday, (22/10).
He said, the economic team do not get stuck with the unemployment rate which, according to statistics as much as 8.4 percent of the population today. “Unemployment is reaching 45 million people. The amount is the addition of part-time unemployment and hidden unemployment,” he said.
To overcome this, Fadhil said the economic team needs to establish appropriate economic program that is targeted at sectors that absorb a lot of labor. “Mistakes previous cabinet, they form a program that does not absorb labor. That’s what needs to be repaired,” he said.
Furthermore, he says, the economic team must continue to work with or without Sri Mulyani and Mari Pangestu. During this second discourse developed that ministers spearheading the economic team at the previous cabinet. “The concept of current as if the economy does not grow without them both,” he said.
He also argues, do not be too proud of Indonesia has joined the G 20. Indonesia entered the G 20 was not because of his performance. “China, Brazil and others are his progress. If Indonesia represents a country in crisis, but it was also because of the potential for a very large population,” he said.