Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – In spurring economic growth amid the Covid-19 pandemic, economist from the University of Indonesia Ninasapti Triaswati emphasized that the government must focus more on the main causes of economic recession, namely health problems or Covid-19. Nina sees that until now efforts to overcome the pandemic have not been effective because new cases of Covid-19 are still growing consistently, partly because of the difficulty of implementing health protocols and evenly distributed in urban areas.
“The growth centers for Covid-19 cases are still high in urban areas such as in DKI Jakarta, Central Java, East Java and West Java. This is worrying because these regions are the centers of economic growth, “said Ninasapti during the Economic Outlook 2021 session” Spurring Growth in the Middle of a Pandemic “which was held News One Media Holdings, Tuesday (24/11/2020).
As well as enforcing the discipline of implementing health protocols, a second strategy is a solution from the side of treatment or vaccination. However, he believes that the strategy to vaccinate is still hampered by the incomplete trial phase and public concern about the choice of vaccine that the government will use, even though the government has ordered the vaccine from China.
“Massive socialization is still very much needed to convince the public whether the vaccine strategy chosen is right. Is it true that vaccine choice is the best? Compare with others. So speed and accuracy become a problem. Even if it is the best, will it be carried out quickly? These are the things that are the big questions of society. Because if this health problem is not resolved, then economic factors will become difficult, “said Nina.
In spurring inclusive economic growth, Nina also sees a number of challenges. For example, if you look at the data on economic growth in the third quarter of 2020 which is -3.49%, according to him, this illustrates the weak effectiveness of the government’s strategy to bring the economy into the positive zone in 2020.
In addition, the current trade balance surplus is worrisome in boosting Indonesia’s competitiveness, due to the huge drop in imports, particularly imports of capital goods. “Public consumption is also still low, because the middle class in general has not spent quite a lot because they still do not feel safe from Covid-19. recovery the tourism sector is still hampered, “said Nina.
Source: BeritaSatu.com
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