Jakarta, The Indonesia Post – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said investment and additional employment would be the key to driving economic growth in 2021.
“The key to growth, our economic growth is investment. Because it is impossible for us to drastically increase our APBN. This means that the key is in investment and creating as many job opportunities as possible, ”said President Jokowi at the opening of the 2021 National Work Meeting of the Ministry of Trade from the State Palace, Jakarta. (4/3/2021).
Therefore, President Jokowi asked trade policies to invite investment inflows. Trade policy must also be able to recover economic sectors that contracted last year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Which sectors are disturbed and what to do with it. Are they given incentives or stimuli, ”he said.
The President hopes that the inflow of investment will also open up many jobs again. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has made the unemployment rate in Indonesia reach 10 million people. Not to mention, the need for employment for the new workforce of the younger generation.
“This is what the community has been waiting for. Because there are currently 10 million unemployed in our country, both because of the pandemic and also the new workforce, “said the President.
This year, President Jokowi wants the domestic economic growth target of 5 percent to be achieved. He admitted that the target required extra hard work and policy breakthroughs. Last year, Indonesia’s economy slipped to a contraction level of minus 2.09 percent.
“The growth target in the State Budget of 5 percent must really be achieved. 2021 is a year of recovery that must be based on optimism, “said President Jokowi. (ojn/bbs)
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