Two Countries to Overtake Indonesia If No Transformation Is Made

jpnn.com, JAKARTA - The Indonesian government has been trying to maximize digital transformation to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

It has expected that technology will be a drive to creating comfort and improving the quality of life so that the country becomes greener, sustainable, and inclusive.

Vivi Yulaswati, an expert staff member for social affairs and poverty reduction at the Ministry of National Development Planning, who is also the Head of the National Secretariat of SDGs, stated that there are 17 goals, 169 targets, and based on the latest edition, 289 indicators, which would be the guidelines for achieving the SDGs.

"So far, about 70 percent of the SDGs have been on track, but there are still 30 percent that have not been achieved or require special attention because they are still stagnant or experiencing deterioration," said Vivi in Jakarta, Tuesday (2/11).

Vivi said that the SDGs provided a solid foundation towards a more developed Indonesia, with the dream of staging the middle income trap in 2045.

Post-pandemic, it takes six percent of annual GDP growth to bring Indonesia into a developed country and free from the middle income trap, according to her.

"Without economic transformation, Indonesia's per capita income will be overtaken by the Philippines in 2037 and Vietnam in 2043," said Vivi.

Furthermore, in national development, there are also environmental studies that become the backbone to encourage greener economic growth.