The government does not agree with claims that purchasing power is declining in Indonesia, according to the National Development Planning Minister Bambang Sumantri Brodjonegoro.

The Indonesian government is determined to reduce the country’s GINI coefficient, which measures the level of economic inequality in a society, from 0.393 as of March 2017 to 0.36 by 2019.

Renowned American economist Jeffrey Sachs suggested that Indonesia invest in three things to help meet its complex sustainable development agenda: education, internet connectivity, and research and development (R&D).