Latest Publications

The Role of Social Protection in Tackling Food Insecurity and Under-nutrition in Indonesia A Gendered Approach

August, 2010 | Rebecca Holmes, Vita Febriany, Athia Yumna, Muhammad Syukri

Indonesia's Social Protection during and after the Crisis

August, 2010 | Asep Suryahadi, Sudarno Sumarto, Samuel Bazzi

The Role of Social Protection Programs in Reducing the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis 2008/2009

July, 2010 | Hastuti , Syaikhu Usman, M. Sulton Mawardi, Robert Justin Sodo, Deswanto Marbun, Ruhmaniyati , Widjajanti Isdijoso, Asep Suryahadi

Minimum Wage Policy and Its Impact on Employment in the Urban Formal Sector

June, 2010 | Asep Suryahadi, Wenefrida Dwi Widyanti, Daniel Suryadarma, Sudarno Sumarto
This study finds that the imposition of minimum wages has a negative and statistically significant impact on employment in the urban formal sector.

Deregulation of Indonesia's Interregional Agricultural Trade

June, 2010 | Roger D. Montgomery, Sudarno Sumarto, M. Sulton Mawardi, Syaikhu Usman, Nina Toyamah, Vita Febriany, John Strain
This paper demonstrates that deregulation eliminated many of the distorting taxes and levies, and dismantled many (but not all) local monopolies, monopsonies and quotas.