Policy Research
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Several developing nations, including Indonesia, have experimented with conditional cash transfers (CCTs) to poor households during recent years. Since 2007, Indonesia has been carrying out a randomized CCT pilot program (PNPM Generasi) in 1,625 villages where funds are disbursed to communities rather than households, and local councils allocate the funds to public projects following community input.
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The media is increasingly recognized as playing an important role in affecting individual behavior. In this paper, we examine the effect of the expansion of commercial television broadcasting on fertility in Indonesia.
