Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Using the four aspects of e-government (governance, services, infrastructure, and human capital), this mixed methods study seeks to provide an analysis of the digital skills development in the Indonesian public sector. Focus is given to the issue of supply and demand of state civil apparatuses (ASN) and their quality to implement e-government in the public sector.
The year 2021 marked The SMERU Research Institute’s 20-year journey in policy research.
Greater female labor market participation benefits not only women's empowerment and the well-being of their families, but also the economy as a whole. Yet the labor force participation of women in developing countries is relatively stagnant, even with higher levels of economic development and better educational attainment. Women are also more likely to work in the informal sector and unskilled jobs.
This book presents twelve original chapters divided into three parts that discuss the achievements and challenges of Indonesia’s transformation since the fall of Suharto’s authoritarian regime in 1998. The fundamental transformation from an authoritarian to a democratic system is analyzed by researchers, experts, and NGO officials from various academic disciplines and from Asia at large (Japan, Korea, and Indonesia).
This paper presents an investigation of the causal impact of COVID-19, through lockdowns, on household income, income expectations, consumption of durable goods, and budget allocation in Indonesia using high-frequency data from the monthly Bank Indonesia consumer survey with more than 176,000 respondents.
