Indonesia continues to make considerable progress to increase the membership of its social insurance program especially for its wage recipients (pekerja penerima upah/PU) who are mostly formal sectors workers. Unfortunately, coverage for the non-wage recipients/pekerja bukan penerima upah/BPU who mostly work at the informal sector workers are still very low (about 2.4 million active members as …
The right of every person to social security is a mandate of the 1945 Constitution and, since the 1960s the GoI has embarked on developing a social security system. Initial coverage extended to civil servants, members of the military, and police. Through enactment of Law No. 3/1992 on Social Insurance for Employment, the government later sought to expand coverage of social security to privat…
Indonesia began to implement targeted social assistance programmes for both households and individuals in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial crisis. The crisis had halted Indonesia’s economic growth and caused a sharp rise in domestic prices—particularly for food items, which led to a rapid and significant increase in poverty. The massive economic and social impacts of the crisis r…
Indonesia mencatat kemajuan pesat dalam meningkatkan kepesertaan program jaminan sosial ketenagakerjaan, khususnya untuk pekerja penerima upah (PPU) yang biasanya adalah pekerja sektor formal. Sayangnya, kepesertaan pekerja bukan penerima upah (BPU) yang kebanyakan merupakan pekerja sektor informal, masih sangat rendah— baru sekitar 2,4 juta anggota aktif jika dibandingkan dengan 28 juta angg…
Launched in 2014, the government of Indonesia’s national health insurance scheme, Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional, or JKN, aims to ensure access to healthcare, especially for the poor and the near-poor (defined as the bottom 40%). The growing private healthcare sector in Indonesia is well-positioned to respond to the increased demand that will ensue from the government’s ambitious plans to ac…
The central purpose of Indonesia’s national health insurance scheme Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional, or JKN, launched in 2014, is to address existing inequities in access to and quality of healthcare, ensuring that all citizens, especially the poor and near-poor, can access quality care without facing financial hardship. Has healthcare utilization improved since JKN and are there variations across…
Improving equity in healthcare access has been a major objective of Indonesia’s national health insurance scheme, Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN), since its launch in 2014. This benefit incidence analysis, conducted by the U.S. Agency for International Development-funded Health Policy Plus (HP+) project and the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K), aims to under…
Indonesia continues to make considerable progress to increase the membership of its social insurance program especially for its wage recipients (pekerja penerima upah/PU) who are mostly formal sectors workers. Unfortunately, coverage for the non-wage recipients/pekerja bukan penerima upah/BPU who mostly work at the informal sector workers are still very low (about 2.4 million active members as …
Indonesia’s national health insurance scheme (Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional, or JKN) is a key element of the Government of Indonesia’s commitment to ensuring equitable access to healthcare, especially for the poor and the near-poor. JKN’s contracting with private providers was expected to expand reach faster than solely working through the public sector. The single-payer agency for JKN, B…
Padi merupakan komoditas penting dan strategis bagi bangsa Indonesia mengingat pangan, dalam hal ini beras, adalah kebutuhan hidup dasar. Demi menjamin kestabilan ketahanan pangan Pemerintah mengeluarkan PP No. 68 Tahun 2002 tentang Ketahanan Pangan sebagai peraturan pelaksanaan UU No.7 tahun 1996 tetangan pangan. Pemerintah dalam pengambilan kebijakan membutuhkan data statistik yang akurat. Un…