Policy Research


This study intended to provide an initial assessment on its early implementation, focusing mainly on maternal and child health (MCH) issues, in an attempt to provide policy recommendations at the national level.

This study aims to better understand the scale and nature of poverty and exclusion affecting children in urban areas.

This study investigated factors that are important for fostering movement out of poverty, and the factors that limit the ability of PKH households to move out of poverty.

We assess the economic risk of ill health for households in Indonesia and the role of informal coping strategies. Using household panel data from the Indonesian socio-economic household survey (Susenas) for 2003 and 2004, and applying fixed effects Poisson models, we find evidence of economic risk from illness through medical expenses.