Latest Publications

What are the Labor Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis?

March, 2011 | Rizki Fillaili, Neil Mc Culloch
This policy brief specifically draws on both assessments to offer key messages with policy relevance especially on the impact of GFC on the labor market.

Estimating the National Impact of the Financial Crisis in Indonesia by Combining a Rapid Qualitative Study with Nationally Representative Surveys

March, 2011 | Neil Mc Culloch, Amit Grover
This paper draws on a rapid qualitative assessment of the impact of the financial crisis in Indonesia to generate hypotheses about the potential national impacts.

Qualitative Impact Study for PNPM Generasi and PKH on the Provision and the Utilization of Maternal and Child Health Services and Basic Education Services in the Provinces of West Java and East Nusa Tenggara

January, 2011 | Nina Toyamah, Robert Justin Sodo, Sri Budiyati, Vita Febriany
This study aimed to examine the impact of PNPM Generasi and PKH on the provision and the utilization of maternal and child health (MCH) services and basic education services.

Poverty and Social Protection in Indonesia

December, 2010 | Joan Hardjono, Nuning Akhmadi, Sudarno Sumarto

Conclusion: Coping with the Crisis

December, 2010 | Sudarno Sumarto, Asep Suryahadi
This book consists of papers that present the findings of research done by the SMERU Research Institute in Jakarta, Indonesia. Most describe the effects on the poor of the Indonesian economic crisis of 1997-98 and the response of the Indonesian government in the form of a Social Safety Net consisting of poverty mitigation programs