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Indonesia: Digital technology likely to create 20-45 million new jobs

Digital technology has the potential to create new jobs for 20-45 million workers in Indonesia, according Indonesian National Development Planning Minister and Head of the National Planning and Development Agency (Bappenas) Suharso Monoarfa.
Indonesia: Digital technology likely to create 20-45 million new jobs ảnh 1Indonesian National Development Planning Minister and Head of the National Planning and Development Agency (Bappenas) Suharso Monoarfa. (Photo: ANTARA)
Jakarta (VNA) - Digital technology has the potential to create new jobs for20-45 million workers in Indonesia, according Indonesian National DevelopmentPlanning Minister and Head of the National Planning and Development Agency(Bappenas) Suharso Monoarfa.

Addressing the Statistical Society Forum on February 21, Minister Monoarfa said Indonesia hasexperienced digitisation, which is projected to create new types of jobs for 20-45million vacancies.

Indonesia must conduct economic transformation in thepost-COVID-19 period, such as by improving the skills of Indonesian workers, sothat the national economy will not only recover but also grow higher beyond 5percent per year, he said.

In addition to the use of digital technology, the economyshould be developed in a more inclusive and sustainable way so that Indonesiacan achieve its Net Zero Emissions (NZE) target by 2060, he added.

Economic recovery alone is not enough to lift the trajectoryof the economy, so it is necessary to speed up economic transformation on orderto both restore and lift the economy higher, the minister affirmed.

According to Monoarfa, in 2023, the Indonesian governmentis optimistic of economic growth starting to accelerate or being higher thanthe target in 2022, which ranges from 5.3 to 5.9 percent year-on-year, thushelping the Southeast Asian nation maintain its status as an uppermiddle-income country./. 
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