C o p y r i g h t o f Mu g i B e n t a n g F a a t i h a h s Wr i t i n g s .

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Indonesias Current Position at
First Point of Millennium Goals
(A Brief Glance Essay of the Achievements and Post 2015) by
Indonesia is one of the most populous countries in the worlds. Its economic power
is also one of the top 20 in the world. The matter is, will Indonesia reach the first
point of MDG in 2015?
The First Point of Millennium Develop-
ment Goals
T
he main point of the first goal
in Millennium Development
Goals is to eradicate extreme
poverty and hunger . It consists
of several sub-points, there are
To Achieve Decent Employ-
ment for Women, Men, and Young
People, Halve, between 1990 and
2025, the proportion of people who
suffer from hunger , and To Achieve
Decent Employment for Women, Men,
and Young People.
How is it going in Indonesia?
The first priority of Millennium Develop-
ment Goals is the most noteworthy
thing as it was placed at the number
one. Eradicating extreme poverty
and hunger is also deemed by the
Indonesian Government as the first
priority to conduct the rest other point.
In a wide international view, Indonesian
government successfully eradicated
the hunger of its people. In the middle
of 2013, the FAO gave a tribute of
Notable Result to Indonesian govern-
ment for the achievement of the
first point of MDG. The appraisal was
derived from the triumph of Indonesian
Government by lowering the hunger
index from 19,9% in 1990 to about
8,6% in the last 2010.
The achievement was exceed the
target which was 9,9%, due to the first
point states halve the proportion
of people who suffer from hunger .
Its success for getting 16 million people
out of hunger is could be seen remark-
ably. But, on the other side, the success of
lowering hungriness emerges a question,
How much people of Indonesia that
still live under the poverty threshold?.
To find it out, Badan Pusat Statistik (The
Statistic Institution of Indonesia) conduct
a survey of national economic toward
households in 2008. The result showed
us that there were about 32 million
people who live under the poverty
threshold.
However, due to the number is marked
as the national conclusion, the
circumstances itself are totally different.
Living in the cities for example, required
someone to live with more money
instead of those who live in rural areas.
The result of the data is that the national
poverty is about 15,4% of the total
population. According to the number,
the achievement of Indonesias MDG
is stalled. But, there is a numbers role
behinds it.
2 | I n d o n e s i a s C u r r e n t P o s i t i o n a t F i r s t P o i n t o f Mi l l e n n i u m G o a l s ( A B r i e f
G l a n c e E s s a y o f t h e A c h i e v e me n t s a n d P o s t 2 0 1 5 ) . C o p y r i g h t o f Mu g i B e n t a n g
F a a t i h a h .
The Indonesia Poverty
Threshold Milestone = The
Key to Achieve MDG?
T
he number of 15,4%
was the result from
the survey of BPS in
the last 2008. Their
method to find the
number is based on the
people purchasing power
of food commodities and
the other daily commodities.
The 15,4% is basically difficult
to be the milestone in term
of comparing Indonesias
poverty index with other
countries.
In other words, to compare
it more easily, the poverty
threshold is should be based
on World Bank method, which
is One Dollar consumption
in a day method, equal to
about 9,400 Rupiah (2012).
Moreover, the lowest bound
of someone categorized as
living in an economically
viable life is about 288,000
Rupiah per month. We can
compare the both graphics
shown.
The graphic I is the national
poverty threshold based on
BPS method, while the graphic
II is based on One Dollar
method which indicates
us the poverty number is
7.5%, both in 2008. There is
absolutely difference between
both. If we use the graphic II
as the milestone, it inferred
that the poverty number is
much below the graphic I
version. Therefore, the MDGs
goal is achieved already by
Indonesia.
The Problem of Using the
One Dollar Method in
Indonesia
T
he problem is the
l ack of pr eci se,
due the method is
only showing us the
extreme condition
of poor people. The other
things that the Dollar value in
every countries are different
and the Dollar is currently
weakening internationally
by years. But yes, it is such
a positive side of view if we
see the poverty only by
its number, while actually
the poverty does not only
happening because based
on number. As mentioned
before, the definition of
poverty also covers the other
factors, such as the low
index of public health, the
low nutrition consumption,
up to the sanitations. If the
One Dollar method is the
only way to determine the
poverty number , it would
be so nave and it is only the
number shown up, not the
real conditions on the field.
Nevertheless, the poverty
threshold must be seen from
several points of view, so
that the real conditions on
the field are clearly visible.
Currently, the Indonesias
poverty and hunger have
been lowered in every year,
which mark as positive (Peter
Stalker, 2008) and may ready
to achieve the MDG first
point goal in 2015.
Indonesia is currently on
the right way to reach the
MDG first goal.
Graph I
Graph II
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Refrence: Stalker, Peter, etc. 2008. Millenium Development Goals. Mentri Negara Perencanaan Pembangunan Nasional/Kepala Badan Perencaan Pembangunan
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Post-2015: To Sustain and to Better the First
Goal through Employment Provident
The First Point of Millennium Development Goals
The main point of the first goal in To sustain the first goal of
MDG, even to expand it more post-2015, I believe it has to be
started from Employment Provident. Indonesia has a very big
human resource potential in the following years, which called
the Demographic Bonus, and will reached its peak at the
beginning of 2030.
To unfold the potential, all the part who has roles must take action,
including the government. In term of real actions, the govern-
ments should implement and act their Economic Development
Speed Up Master Plan which called in Bahasa as Master Plan
Percepatan Pembangunan Ekonomi Indonesia (MP3EI) seriously
and continously. It has to be thoughtfully planned and consid-
ered as soon as possible, it has to be also quickly implemented
so that Indonesia would not lose their Demographic Bonus.
In term of the idealism, the government should make more
regulations concerning the agricultural sectors, which aims to
provide enough Food Security. By that way, Indonesia will have
its own food basis. Its up to Indonesia now on. Its up to us, as
Indonesian People.
To implement MP3EI
and to strengthen the
agricultural sector of
Indonesia