Policy Research
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.
In general poverty reduction uses two approaches: economic development to increase income, and community empowerment to improve the capacity of human resources. The success of poverty reduction schemes is determined, among others, by its policy and targeting accuracy. The policy can be targeted at the community, family, or individual which is disaggregated by age and gender.
This paper examines the feasibility of an income-contingent loan (ICL) system to finance higher education in Indonesia. Using graduates’ income data from the 2015 National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas), we model the life-cycle income distribution of university graduates using unconditional quantile regression.
The baseline data collection (the study) will provide a foundation for the project´s key quantitative and qualitative indicators within the WfW project’s M&E Plan, and create the basis to measure and report the project’s performance and any changes for each indicator.
After successfully improving access to education in the early 1990s, with virtually universal primary school completion and similarly positive trends in senior secondary level, Indonesia began investing to improve learning outcomes since 2005. For almost a decade, the country has been spending about one-fifth of its public funds on education.
