Latest Publications

Impact of Supermarket on Traditional Markets and Retailers in Indonesia's Urban Centers

December, 2007 | The SMERU Research Institute
In 2006, SMERU conducted a study on the impact of supermarkets on traditional markets in Indonesia’s urban centers.

What Is to Be Done with Disasters? A Literature Survey on Disaster Study and Response

December, 2007 | Ruly Marianti
This paper aims to provide a systematic overview on various important issues and debates on efforts in understanding and managing disaster.

Measuring Unemployment in Developing Countries: The Case of Indonesia

September, 2007 | Daniel Suryadarma, Asep Suryahadi, Sudarno Sumarto
This study provides a case study of Indonesia, whose decision to include discouraged workers into its labor force resulted in an artificially high unemployment rates and disguised the actual post-crisis decline in unemployment in Indonesia.

Program Exit Strategies: Experiences from Poverty Reduction Programs in indonesia

September, 2007 | Sri Kusumastuti Rahayu, Rizki Fillaili, M. Sulton Mawardi, Syaikhu Usman, Bambang Sulaksono, Hastuti , Lant Pritchett, Suharman Noeman
This edition invites readers to examine the issue of program exit strategies on poverty reduction programs in Indonesia.

2006 Annual Report

September, 2007 | The SMERU Research Institute