Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
The study aims to understand the welfare of the elderly who live with and without social protection and the implementation of the existing social protection programs.
SMERU takes the initiative to conduct research in the social, economic, education, and health fields, and on policies related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
RISE Programme in Indonesia seeks to learn whether the education policy reforms carried out in Indonesia over the past twenty years have been successful in improving the country’s student learning outcomes.
The Family Hope Program (PKH) is a conditional cash transfer program launched by the Government of Indonesia in 2007. Since then its beneficiary coverage has reached 10 million families with the goal of reducing intergenerational poverty. An impact evaluation of the Family Hope program showed that after six years of investment it has significantly improved human capital development.
For an independent institution which conducts research and public policy review, to be directly working with policymakers is a highly valuable opportunity. Apart from giving room to make sure that research results are used as inputs for policy formulation, collaborating with policymakers will also increase the credibility of the research institute.
