Indonesia's Wage Subsidy Program Criticized for Formal Sector Bias; UGM Expert Urges Data Integration
Indonesia's Wage Subsidy Program (BSU) is facing criticism for excluding informal sector workers, leaving economically vulnerable groups unprotected. An expert from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) strongly urges the government to integrate a single database.
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