A woman wearing a protective face mask and goggles shops at traditional market, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 23, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
JAKARTA: Indonesia's government said on Friday it has significantly improved the distribution of social assistance to the poor to cushion the impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Febrio Kacaribu, the head of the finance ministry's fiscal policy office, said surveys by the World Bank showed there has been major improvement in distribution of aid and this would help Southeast Asia's largest economy perform better from the third quarter onwards.
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