Speaking at a plenary session of the Bali DPRD on the 66th Anniversary of the province of Bali on Wednesday (14/8/24), Bali’s Acting Governor, Sang Made Mahendra Jaya, said investment in Bali in Q2/2024 exceeded targets, reaching almost IDR 18 trillion, according to reporting from Detik Bali.
Mahendra said Bali’s economy also continued to grow, reaching 5.98 percent in Q1/2024 and 5.36 percent in Q2, adding that the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) at Current Prices (ADHB) also continued to increase, reaching more than IDR 74.77 trillion.
This is at the same time as decreasing the percentage of poverty and extreme poverty. Based on the records of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Mahendra noted that the percentage of poor people on the island is 4 percent, the percentage of extreme poverty is 0.19 percent, while open unemployment continues to decrease, say Detik Bali.
Mahendra also highlighted the concept of ‘ngrombo’ or the spirit of cooperation in overcoming various problems, including poverty. Detik Bali reports that he explained this was carried out along with cross-regional apparatus organizations (OPD) and involved various stakeholders in overcoming open unemployment by mapping the profiles of job seekers and the availability of jobs, as well as facilitating training, providing guidance and supervision to labor agents and distributors to protect job seekers.
The Bali Provincial Government is also trying to improve access and infrastructure of roads and clean water to accelerate the progress of underdeveloped regions as well as improving the ease of doing business, providing business capital assistance to start a business, and facilitating the development of MSMEs.
Source: Detik Bali
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