Latest Publications

The Effects of Parental Death and Chronic Poverty on Children’s Education and Health: Evidence from Indonesia

January, 2009 | Daniel Suryadarma, Yus Medina Pakpahan, Asep Suryahadi
Using a sufficiently long-spanning longitudinal dataset, we estimate the short and long term effects of maternal and paternal death on children’s school enrollment, educational attainment, and health in Indonesia, then compare them to the effect of chronic poverty.

Health Sector Trends Data Based on Susenas 1995–2006

January, 2009 | Silvia Devina, Wenefrida Dwi Widyanti, Fitri Huriyati
This data on health sector trends is based on the Susenas dataset of 1995-2006, which was collected by Statistics Indonesia (BPS).

Agricultural Demand Linkages and Growth Multipliers in Rural Indonesia

January, 2009 | Asep Suryahadi, Daniel Suryadarma, Sudarno Sumarto, Jack Molyneaux
This study finds that the growth of the agricultural sector strongly induces the growth of the non-agricultural sector in rural areas.

Indonesia’s Transition to Decentralized Governance: Evolution at the Local Level

January, 2009 | Widjajanti Isdijoso
This chapter highlights the dynamics of the implementation of the decentralization reform at the local level in the first two years of the process as well as some related issues and concerns.

Making Sense of Pathways Out of Poverty: Agency Capacity and Welfare Mobility

December, 2008 | Rizki Fillaili, Rochman Achwan
This edition will explain various other findings highlighting the agency factor through various life stories of those who have successfully improved their welfare, and those who have fallen into poverty.