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Expenditure changes and poverty impact. This paper looks first at new data sources on changes over the last year in expenditures and asset ownership and asset sales as proxies for income changes due to the crisis. These data dispel the notion that half of Indonesia’s population will slip below the poverty line (predictions which were analytically unsound in any case).
This paper is based on a qualitative survey of three expert respondents in every kecamatan (sub-district) in Indonesia, designed to obtain a quick indication of overall impacts of the Indonesian crisis.
The study explores the community’s understanding of the condition of their welfare and the experiences associated with the ups and downs of welfare.
This note is a preliminary evaluation on how effective the JPS programs have been in achieving their purpose of helping the poor and the needy to cope with the crisis impacts. This is done by assessing the coverage of the programs among the poor as well as how the benefits of the programs have been distributed between the poor and the non-poor.
This note is an update on the social impacts of the Indonesian crisis. In this note we focus exclusively on changes in real household consumption expenditures, as these reflect both actual changes in people's current living standards, and can also serve as a measurable proxy for income changes due to the crisis.
