Policy Research
This study aims to identify the skills of small business owners and their relationship to economic growth.
This study aims to gain a deep understanding of the characteristics of poverty and disparities experienced by children living in poor households in urban areas, and factors affecting their experience, seen from the perspective of the children.
The objective of this study is to obtain a description of child well-being, caregiving arrangements, and child caregiving practices in both poor migrant and non-migrant families in two migrant sending districts, namely Kabupaten Banyumas and Kabupaten Lombok Tengah. This description is followed by an explanation of government and community support, especially for poor children who were left by their migrant mothers.
Early this year The SMERU Research Institute completed its research on food price volatility. The objective of this research was to document the experiences of the poor in facing sudden and uncertain changes in food price. The study was conducted in three villages, each in Kabupaten Bekasi, Kabupaten Cianjur, and Kabupaten Banjar, from 2012 to 2016.
Globally, 2015 was the final year of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the start of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new global development agenda. Nationally, 2015 was the start of the implementation of the Village Law, which mandates the central government to allocate a specific amount of funds to villages so that they can finance their own development programs.
