Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia (News Today) - Poverty rate in Bangka Belitung province was the third lowest in Indonesia, head of the province’s development planning board Nazalyus said.
"While Bangka Belitung’s welfare is high enough, poverty has been the third worst in the other 33 provinces," Nazalyus said here over the weekend.
He said that the Bangka Belitung’s poverty rate has been recorded as low as 7.46 percent, and it is the lowest of the poverty rates below 10 percent.
"Meanwhile, Bangka Belitung’s unemployment rate is the lowest in Sumatra reaching only 8.6 percent, and its population is also relatively small," Nazalyus noted.
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), Bangka Belitung’s poverty rate of 18 percent was the 8th lowest.
"Bangka Belitung has a relatively-small population and welfare was good enough along with its economic recovery in tin mining and the plantation sector," Nazalyus said.
He added that the number of poor families is also relatively low compared to that of the youngest province, Gorontalo.
"Bangka Belitung has 31 thousand poor families while Gorontalo has more," Nazalyus noted.
However, he also said that economic growth in Bangka Belitung was lower than that of Sumatra and the national level reaching only 4.4 percent in 2009 and 2010.
Source : kompas
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Bangka Belitung 'Third Lowest Poverty Rate in Indonesia'
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