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National Development Planning Minister Suharso Monoarfa has said accelerating economic recovery and social reform, would be the main thrust of the Government's Working Plan (RKP) for 2021. Minister Monoarfa, who is also head of the National Development Planning Board, said during a meeting on the National Development Plan 2020, that the scenario for post-pandemic economic recovery, has become a crucial part of the macroeconomy framework of RKP 2021.The minister said as quoted by Antara, the plans to speed up economic recovery are based on the assumption that the COVID-19 pandemic would end this year.In its 2021 working plan, he continued, the government would emphasize development in four sectors, namely the recovery of industry, tourism, and investment sectors, reforms in national health system, social safety net system, and disaster endurance system//Ant

President Joko Widodo expressed strong belief that Indonesia would recover, from the COVID-19 pandemic, and rebound to realize its national development goals in 2021. President noted at a virtual meeting for discussions on this year's national development plans, that he is optimistic 2021 is the year of recovery and rebound. To this end, Indonesia should handle and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic immediately. As quoted by Antara News Agency, President Jokowi drew attention to the significance of making next year's government working plan adaptive, to the current situation, since the government’s steps taken this year would lay the foundation for the years ahead.In tackling the COVID-19-related challenges, the government has reallocated and shifted the focus of its budget on three prioritized areas of health, social safety net, and stimulus for boosting economic recovery, he stated. As April 30, Indonesia records 1,522 recoveries out of 10,118 confirmed cases, and total of death is 792//Ant

The brutal economic impact of the coronavirus deepened Wednesday with dire news from the United States and Germany, increasing pressure worldwide to ease lockdowns and reduce the cost of the pandemic. As quoted by AFP.com (29/4) countries around the globe are balancing fears of the worst global recession for a century against the risk that lifting restrictions too fast will cause a second wave of the virus that has already killed 214,000 people. But with the United Nations warning that half the global workforce risks having their livelihoods destroyed and the United States announcing a dramatic end to a decade of growth, the economic pain caused by the outbreak is mounting by the day. The aviation industry also unveiled grim new tidings of the damage caused by worldwide travel bans aimed at halting the spread of a disease that has infected three million people worldwide//AFP

Two months after the US and the Taliban signed a deal Washington heralded as the way to end Afghanistan's war, violence is spiralling out of control and experts say a fragile peace process risks collapse//  As quoted by AFP.com (29/4) dozens of Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters have been dying almost daily with civilian casualties rising across the country as both sides ramp up operations// The insurgents have been emboldened by a deal that gave them many concessions in exchange for few commitments, fuelling their surge of attacks in recent weeks. The timing could hardly be worse, as Afghanistan also grapples with a coronavirus epidemic. A researcher at the Overseas Development Institute,  Ashley Jackson stated the peace process isn't dead yet, but it is on life support// AFP