Indonesia, July 26 -- The Ministry of Population and Family Development is planning to roll out an incentive scheme for caregivers, such as housewives, to recognize their vital role in the care economy.

"The care economy is not only about taking care of children, but also includes care for the elderly, the sick, and persons with disabilities. Formal jobs have clear salaries, but informal ones go unpaid," the ministry's deputy for population control, Bonivasius Prasetya Ichtiarto, said here on Saturday.

He explained that caring for old people, children, or the sick is often unpaid work; therefore, in the care economy scheme, the economic value of those activities will be quantified.

He said that the government has designed several progr...