This study is part of a larger research project that involved a number of different countries in Africa (Ethiopia and Ghana), Latin America (Mexico and Peru), South Asia (Bangladesh and India) and Southeast Asia (Indonesia and Vietnam). All the research partners had the same goal of assessing the gender dimensions of social protection programming as well as its impacts on people’s well-being.…
This paper draws on a rapid qualitative assessment of the impact of the financial crisis in Indonesia, to generate hypotheses about the potential national impacts. We test these hypotheses using nationally representative labour force surveys from before and after the onset of the financial crisis. We find that Indonesia weathered the storm rather well: there is no evidence for increased school …
Ketercukupan Pendanaan APBN untuk Jaminan Kesehatan Masyarakat menjadi perhatian penting dalam menjaga akses pelayanan kesehatan yang berkualitas bagi seluruh warga negara. Studi ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis sejauh mana pendanaan yang disediakan oleh Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Negara (APBN) cukup untuk memenuhi kebutuhan jaminan kesehatan masyarakat.
Pedoman Pelaksanaan Pemberian Asistensi Sosial bagi Penyandang Disabilitas Berat 2012 adalah panduan operasional yang disusun untuk memandu pelaksanaan pemberian bantuan sosial kepada penyandang disabilitas berat di Indonesia.
In 2013 the Indonesian economy has faced adjustments in its macroeconomic indicators, and these adjustments have been reflected in a slight increase in unemployment in August 2013. However, in general we can see that outcomes across a range of employment indicators have been positive over the last number of years.
The Indonesian government has a target for this country to join the list of upper middle income countries by 2025. If Indonesia can increase annual real GDP per capita by 8.5 percent over the next ten years, this goal can be realized. But based on current projections, that will not be achievable. There are three things that hinder it: unemployment, decreasing competitiveness, and increasing ine…
Amid all the complicated economic theories about the causes and solutions to poverty, one idea is so basic it seems radical: just give money to the poor. Despite its skeptics, researchers have found again and again that cash transfers given to significant portions of the population transform the lives of recipients. Countries from Mexico to South Africa to Indonesia are giving money directly to…
Indonesia has demonstrated substantial gains in economic and social indicators over the past decade with gradual declines in poverty in both urban and rural areas. Despite these impressive achievements, 13 percent of the population continues to live in poverty with another 40 percent of all households just above the poverty line and vulnerable to falling into poverty. In cities, approximately 1…
Indonesia has enjoyed a demographic dividend over the last forty years. The working population has been growing faster than the population of non-working dependents. This presents a major opportunity for economic growth and poverty reduction, provided that more jobs and better jobs are created to employ a workforce, which will grow by an estimated 20 million workers over the next ten years.
Pedoman Operasional Kelembagaan Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) tahun 2013 adalah panduan yang disusun untuk mengatur dan memandu penyelenggaraan kelembagaan PKH di Indonesia. Program ini bertujuan untuk memberikan bantuan sosial kepada keluarga miskin secara terencana dan terarah guna meningkatkan kesejahteraan mereka.