Latest Publications

Survey on the Research Capacity of Nongovernmental Organizations

April, 2021 | Arya Swarnata, Niken Kusumawardhani, Nina Toyamah

The 2019 Indonesian Youth Development Index

April, 2021 | Ridho Al Izzati , Dyan Widyaningsih, Nina Toyamah, Rika Kumala Dewi

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
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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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.