Policy Research
The primary objectives of the research is to deepen the understanding of the current context with relation to GESI.
This chapter’s contribution is the first effort to reveal the pattern of employment transformation using a long-term longitudinal survey, the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS).1 Utilizing this dataset, we have generated matrixes of employment transformation for a 17-year period.
Redistribution program in developing countries often "leak" because local officials do not implement programs as the central government intends. We study one approach to reducing leakage. In an experiment in over 550 villages, we test whether mailing cards with program information to targeted beneficiaries increase the subsidy they receive from a subsidized rice program.
The media is increasingly recognized as playing an important role in affecting the behaviour of individuals. In this article, we examine the effect of an expansion of private television broadcast on fertility in Indonesia.
The commitment to achieving equal social welfare improvement is high on the development agenda throughout the world. This commitment is summarized in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), consisting of 17 goals and 169 targets. The main targets include eliminating poverty and hunger in any forms and dimensions, achieving equality, and tackling climate change.
