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POLICIES FOR QUALITY EMPLOYMENT Indonesia must reorient its policy towards quality employment, including by incentivising employers to hire formally and pay fairly. Indonesia can learn from Chile’s Subsidio al Empleo Joven (Youth Employment Subsidy), which offers wage subsidies to enterprises hiring vulnerable young workers, while linking social security benefits and access to credit to formal employment status. OECD evaluations show that this program has raised the probability of formal employment by 3 per cent and led to higher earnings for beneficiaries. Adopting similar targeted incentives can encourage more businesses to provide decent and secure employment. Improving job quality is not…
WILL NURUL IZZAH STAND ALONE? By the time the next general election swings by, Nurul…
To add insult to injury, Japan was lumped in with countries that are far less…
PUSHBACK BY PARTIES? Some political parties have so far expressed unease, stoking observers’ concerns that…
LOMBOK, Indonesia: Two Indonesian police officers have been arrested over the death of a fellow…
THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court on Tuesday (Jul 8) issued arrest warrants for two…
SOMETHING ‘ANWAR NEEDS TO TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY’ Rafizi, who resigned as Economics Minister last month…
HANOI: Vietnam will soon sign an agreement with Indonesia to boost long-term rice shipments, the…
REACTIONS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA Six countries in Southeast Asia – Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia…
WAKE-UP CALL Experts CNA spoke to said that Bangladesh’s recent regime change creates “particular vulnerabilities”…
BEIJING: China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday (Jul 8) that the United States was in…
BANGKOK: Thailand’s Cabinet on Tuesday (Jul 8) dropped a Bill to legalise casino gambling, a…
A STRONGER MILITARY Many Hong Kong residents had turned out to catch a rare glimpse…
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