Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

The commitment to achieving equal social welfare improvement is high on the development agenda throughout the world. This commitment is summarized in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), consisting of 17 goals and 169 targets. The main targets include eliminating poverty and hunger in any forms and dimensions, achieving equality, and tackling climate change.


The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are recognized as the global development agenda with a wider and more inclusive mandate than the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which ended in 2015. The SDGs differed to the MDGs as the latter were formulated by experts from member states of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and some international institutions.

Tahun ini Buletin SMERU terbit dengan format baru. Lebih ringkas dan terfokus menyoroti hasil dan rekomendasi studi-studi The SMERU Research Institute. Buletin ini juga tampil hanya dalam bahasa Indonesia, untuk mengutamakan penjangkauan kepada pemangku kepentingan di dalam negeri.

The distribution of Village Fund (VF) has entered its third year in 2017, yet delays in distribution and disbursement continue to occur and could potentially undermine the quality of VF spending. The challenge is how to develop a simple mechanism that accommodates village capacity, while upholding the principle of accountability.