Poverty and Inequality Analysis
Centralized targeting registries are increasingly used to allocate social assistance benefits in developing countries. There are two key design issues that matter for targeting accuracy: (i) which households to survey for inclusion in the registry; and (ii) how to rank surveyed households.
For an independent institution which conducts research and public policy review, to be directly working with policymakers is a highly valuable opportunity. Apart from giving room to make sure that research results are used as inputs for policy formulation, collaborating with policymakers will also increase the credibility of the research institute.
This study aimed to test the small area estimation (SAE) method derived from Elbers, Lanjouw, and Lanjouw (ELL) in estimating the nutritional status of children under five years of age at the village and subdistrict levels in Rokan Hulu District.
This paper investigates the long-term effect of child poverty on labor market outcomes using a 14-year span of data from the Indonesian Family Life Survey. Our instrumental variables estimation shows that a child who lived in a poor family when aged between eight and 17 years old suffers from an 87% earnings penalty relative to a child who did not grow up in a poor family.
Even though the quantity and quality of Indonesia’s research continue to increase, many research findings have not been used to formulate public policy. We view that it is important to use evidence and recommendations from a research study to enrich stakeholders’ perspective in policymaking that would impact the welfare of many people’s lives.
