Policy Research
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are recognized as the global development agenda with a wider and more inclusive mandate than the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which ended in 2015. The SDGs differed to the MDGs as the latter were formulated by experts from member states of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and some international institutions.
Tahun ini Buletin SMERU terbit dengan format baru. Lebih ringkas dan terfokus menyoroti hasil dan rekomendasi studi-studi The SMERU Research Institute. Buletin ini juga tampil hanya dalam bahasa Indonesia, untuk mengutamakan penjangkauan kepada pemangku kepentingan di dalam negeri.
We analyse the heights of children aged 2 to 12 in the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) focusing on the effect of the number of children in the family. Previous studies of the trade-off between the quantity of children and some measure of their quality have been much concerned with the endogeneity of fertility choices.
This paper looks into future possibilities for domestic workers to be upgraded to care workers. We study labour market dynamics using multi-level approach. Analysis at the global and macro levels indicates forces facilitating such a career shift. Nevertheless, the magnitude of the forces has not been reflected in emigration of domestic and care workers.
