Poverty and Inequality Analysis
The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant negative impacts on children, including increased child poverty, disrupted schooling and learning, increased food insecurity, and disrupted services for children with disability. Social protection systems, including social assistance programs, have played a crucial role in mitigating the adverse effects of the pandemic on children.
SMERU extends technical assistance to the Bogor City Government in the development of the RPKD, involving document reviews, quantitative analysis, and qualitative analysis.
Marine protected areas have played an important role in conserving and restoring marine biodiversity that is threatened due to the climate change. Indonesia has expanded its marine protected areas, covering 411 locations with more than 28 million hectares (about 9% of its territorial waters).
Kabupaten Sumbawa Barat (KSB) is one of the kabupaten (districts) in West Nusa Tenggara Province with a very large proportion of the mining and quarrying sector. Statistics Indonesia (BPS) recorded that in 2021, the sector contributed no less than 81.89% to the regional gross domestic product (GDP).
Twenty years after the implementation of the Special Autonomy Law (UU Otsus) No. 21 of 2001, Papua and West Papua remain the two provinces with the highest poverty rates and the lowest human development indices in Indonesia. Despite the affirmative policies mandated by UU Otsus for indigenous Papuans (OAP), disparities persist between OAP and non-OAP communities in various dimensions.
