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Happy New Year!
As in previous years, SMERU continues its research activities focusing on poverty and inequality, social protection, and human development. We feature two of them in this month’s Nawala SMERU. The first research is about youth, entrepreneurship, and digitalization, while the second is about a review of the Youth Development Index.
This study explores the challenges and opportunities for equipping young people with the skills needed to work in the agriculture sector and become key drivers to sustainable agriculture.
The role of social capital in economic development has been a subject of interest to both academics and practitioners of development for several decades. However, empirical evidence on social capital in the context of developing countries is still relatively scant. This study explores the effects of social capital on economic development in Indonesia, a large and multi-ethnic developing country.
SMERU conducted research to identify gaps in the social protection system in Papua, particularly looking at its impact on the indigenous peoples of Papua. We released the findings in conjunction with the commemoration of Papua Special Autonomy Day on 21 November.
