Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
A robust social protection system is essential as Indonesia's population continues to age. This qualitative study aims to explore the lives of older adults—both recipients and nonrecipients of elderly-specific social assistance—focusing on their well-being and access to social protection programs.
Indonesia is gradually moving towards a country with an aging community. This study aims to measure the impacts of the Jakarta Elderly Card (KLJ) Program on the elderly welfare. It used a quantitative approach, through a survey to 1,916 elderly households in the bottom 40% of expenditure distribution in DKI Jakarta, and qualitative approach, through a life history analysis.
This baseline study assesses existing gaps in mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) integration within the child protection system and identifies opportunities to better protect children in digital environments.
The COVID-19 pandemic emerged in December 2019 and swiftly became a global crisis, heavily impacting Indonesia. The country reported its first COVID-19 case within eight weeks of the outbreak and experienced a peak of over 64,000 daily cases on February 16, 2022, and 2,069 daily deaths on July 27, 2021. By June 2023, Indonesia had over 6.81 million cases and 161,857 deaths.
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), first emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and quickly became a global pandemic. The peak of COVID-19 deaths in Indonesia occurred on July 27, 2021, during the spread of the Delta variant - with a total of 2,069 fatalities.
