Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
It is no secret that registering land in Indonesia can be a very difficult process, as it is both time consuming and costly. This is evident in that until 1992 only 12 million land parcels had been registered (22% of the total number of land parcels in Indonesia at that time).
Investment in human capital is very crucial for the development of the country. One way to achieve this is through providing our children with sufficient education and welfare. This is not easy and not cheap! Much has been done to prevent our children from falling by the wayside, but there are still many obstacles and weaknesses to overcome. There is still much homework to be done.
Targeting beneficiaries is one of the most crucial and difficult problems in the implementation of poverty reduction programs. Indonesia is a vast and populous country and currently reliable poverty statistics are only disaggregated down to the provincial level. It is not surprising that geographic targeting of the poor has been difficult.
This special edition is different from our regular newsletter. This edition, entitled "NGOs' Perspectives on National Problems in Reform and Democratization Era", is unique as our contributors are all NGO activists. Indonesian NGOs have been playing significant role in community development and empowerment, environmental protection, women's and children's rights, legal advocacy, etc.
Impact of the Global Financial Crisis in Households in Pekalongan, in Proceeding 6th Annual Workshop Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking, 6 September 2012, The Macroeconomic and Financial Resilience of Asian Emerging Market amid the Global Crisis. p. 366-367.
September 2012
