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Employment Commentary on KompasTV.

"Lower Unemployment Must Be Accompanied by More Formal and Productive Job"

Jakarta, August 7, 2026 — Ir. Dzikri Firmansyah Hakam, economist, faculty member at SBM ITB, and Executive Director of IEEF, was invited by KompasTV to discuss Indonesia’s latest employment conditions. He welcomed the decline in the open unemployment rate while emphasizing that labor-market progress should also be measured by the economy’s ability to create formal, productive, and sustainable jobs. Read more