Indonesia's Social Security Data Chaos: 12 Million Unverified Records Pose Challenge
Indonesia's Ministry of Social Affairs stated that chaos surrounding changes to the social assistance recipient list (Desil) is due to 12 million new, unverified data from the National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN). This issue impacts the selection of beneficiaries.
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