Income gap widens in Indonesia, most other countries: ILO.

from THE JAKARTA POST -- WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2008 -- PAGE 1 Indonesia, along with most countries in the world, has seen the gap between the salaries of its workers widen in the past two decades, a condition that is protracted in Indonesia's case because its informal sector absorbs such a large portion of the total work force, an ILO study has revealed.

In its World of Work Report 2008, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said about two thirds of more than 70 developed and developing countries surveyed had seen the incomes of their richer households increase relative to those of middle class and low-income households.

The report, drawn up by the …