Policy Research
This special edition is different from our regular newsletter. This edition, entitled "NGOs' Perspectives on National Problems in Reform and Democratization Era", is unique as our contributors are all NGO activists. Indonesian NGOs have been playing significant role in community development and empowerment, environmental protection, women's and children's rights, legal advocacy, etc.
A first step towards meeting Indonesia’s ambition for universal health insurance was made in 2005 with the introduction of the Askeskin programme, a subsidized social health insurance targeted to the informal sector and the poor.
Over the past few years, microbusinesses have been recognized as having an important role in improving the country's economy. Therefore, government institutions are expected to pay greater attention to microbusinesses.
To avoid the middle income trap, Indonesia needs to start shifting its economy to highervalue products, which requires a workforce that has an increasingly high level of knowledge, skills, and competencies. This implies that Indonesia needs to put more serious effort into the improvement of the quality of its education system.
Poverty is one of humanity's greatest tragedies. Various efforts have already been made, but whatever strong efforts have been taken have not been able to overcome the problem of poverty or its impact due to the complexity of the underlying causes of poverty.
