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What are the local government education policy innovations to improve the quality of education in the decentralization era?

Quarter-life crisis is a period of identity crisis in individual development in early adulthood or youth. However, many young people are not ready or prepared to become adults; that is, to become independent individuals with responsibilities and uncertainties about the future. Consequently, in this period, youth have concerns about the future, including work/career, relationships, and social life.

A large part of the Indonesian economy is informal work. Sakernas 2021 data shows that there are 77 million informal workers out of 131 million workforce. Most of these informal workers are gig economy workers.

The SMERU Research Institute will host the Forum Kajian Pembangunan (FKP) seminar in June 2023. FKP is a consortium consisting of various institutions in Indonesia in collaboration with the Indonesia Project (Australian National University).

This study will test the efficacy of different information treatments in schools to trigger awareness about air pollution and hindering the negative health impacts by running a randomized control trial.