Latest Publications

Food vs. Food Stamps: Evidence from an At-Scale Experiment in Indonesia

April, 2021 | Abhijit Banerjee, Rema Hanna, Benjamin A Olken, Elan Satriawan, Sudarno Sumarto
In this paper, we examine the results from an at-scale experiment to study the switch from an inkind social assistance program to a similar electronic voucher-based program

Executive Summary Report: The Social and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Households and Strategic Policy Recommendations for Indonesia

March, 2021 | The SMERU Research Institute , Prospera , UNDP , UNICEF Indonesia
To assess the impact of COVID-19 on Indonesia’s households and to inform government policies, UNICEF, UNDP, Prospera and the SMERU Research Institute collaborated on a ground-breaking survey in late 2020.
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Heterogeneous Impact of Internet Availability on Female Labour Market Outcomes in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from Indonesia

March, 2021 | Niken Kusumawardhani, Rezanti Putri Pramana, Nurmala Selly Saputri, Daniel Suryadarma
In this paper, we examine the various effects of internet availability on women’s labour market outcomes in Indonesia.

The Evolution of Community Forestry through the Growth of Interlinked Community Institutions in Java, Indonesia

March, 2021 | Heni Kurniasih, Rebecca Ford, Rodney Keenan, Barbara King
This paper investigates the processes of evolution of three interlinked community institutions in the Hutan Kemasyarakatan (Community Forest) program, in Gunungkidul district in Java, Indonesia.

Impact of Non-Communicable Disease Multimorbidity on Health Service use, Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Productivity Loss in Indonesia: a Population-Based Panel Data Analysis Study

January, 2021 | Hafiz Arfyanto, Tiara Marthias, Kanya Anindya, Nawi Ng, Barbara McPake, Rifat Atun, Emily SG Hulse, Yang Zhao, Hafizah Jusril, Tianxin Pan, John Tayu Lee, Marie Ishida
This study aims to examine non-communicable diseases (NCDs) multimorbidity level and its relation to households’ socioeconomic characteristics, health service use, catastrophic health expenditures and productivity loss.
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