The Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada (FEB UGM), graduated 54 undergraduate students in the Graduation Period II of Academic Year 2025/2026.

The digital transformation of Indonesia’s taxation system has entered a new phase with the introduction of Coretax, a platform envisioned as a “central hub” integrating all tax administrative services into a single system.

The Indonesian government has expressed optimism about achieving a national economic growth target of 8 percent.

By: Wisnu Setiadi Nugroho
Department of Economics, FEB UGM
Head of Poverty and Inequality Alleviation Studies (EQUITAS)

The number may seem small: a decline of 1.2 million people in a year.

Providing collaborative spaces is one of the key elements in building a productive and innovative academic culture.

A widely circulated infographic on social media recently claimed that Indonesia ranks as the second-poorest country in the world, reporting a poverty rate of 60.3 per cent, compared with Zimbabwe’s 84.2 per cent, and attributed the figures to the World Bank.

Lecturer at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Gadjah Mada University (FEB UGM), as well as the Poverty and Inequality Research Division/EQUITAS (Equitable Transformation for Alleviating Poverty and Inequality), Wisnu Setiadi Nugroho, Ph.D., said that the World Bank has never issued any documents through the Global Poverty Line, Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP), nor the Macro Poverty Outlook that mentions Indonesia as the second poorest country in the world. read more

The shadow economy, economic activities that go unrecorded, poses a challenge to a country’s economy.

Indonesia’s economy continues to grow. However, behind this achievement, more than half of Indonesian workers still earn wages below the minimum standard.

Retirement is often perceived as a time to rest after decades of working.

The phenomenon of overwork, defined as excessively long working hours, has become a reality for many workers in Indonesia.