Latest Publications

Learning from Home: A Portrait of Teaching and Learning Inequalities in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic

July, 2020 | Luhur Bima, Ulfah Alifia, Rezanti Putri Pramana, Arjuni Rahmi Barasa, Florischa Ayu Tresnatri, Shintia Revina
Highly varied learning facilities and support from parents among students, even in a class taught by the same teacher, leads to equally varied practices of learning from home. This widens even further learning inequalities among students.
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Recovering Learning Losses as Schools Reopen in Indonesia: Guidance for Policymakers

July, 2020 | Daniel Suryadarma, Menno Pradhan, Amanda Beatty, Goldy Fariz Dharmawan, Florischa Ayu Tresnatri
This note contains: (i) guidelines for recovering learning losses; (ii) aspects that should be monitored as schools reopen; (iii) list of educational practices for learning catch up for all students.
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Direct Cash Transfer-Village Fund for Mitigating Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Story from the Villages

July, 2020 | Asep Kurniawan
Results of this study show some indication of the villages’ ability to manage the BLT-DD transparently and accountably
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The (Lack of) Distortionary Effects of Proxy-Means Tests: Results from a Nationwide Experiment in Indonesia

July, 2020 | Sudarno Sumarto, Benjamin A Olken, Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna
We ran a nationwide experiment in Indonesia where, in randomly selected provinces, the government added questions on flat-screen televisions and cell-phone SIM cards to the targeting census administered to 25 million households.

Diagnostic Study of Child Labour in Rural Areas (with Special Emphasis on Tobacco Farming)

June, 2020 | Widjajanti Isdijoso, Veto Tyas Indrio, Stella Aleida Hutagalung, Emmy Hermanus, Rezanti Putri Pramana, Elza Samantha Elmira, Fatin Nuha Astini
Amid the Government of Indonesia’s efforts to eliminate child labour, there is limited information regarding the condition of child labour in the country, especially in the tobacco sector. Against this background, this study investigates the condition and root causes of child labour in two of the largest tobacco producing kabupaten (districts) in Indonesia—Jember and Lombok Timur.