Latest Publications

Minimum Wages

March, 2002 | Chris Manning, Asep Suryahadi, Wenefrida Dwi Widyanti, Daniel Perwira, Sudarno Sumarto, Sri Kusumastuti Rahayu, Musriyadi Nabiu, Bambang Sulaksono, Syaikhu Usman, Hariyanti Sadaly
This edition focuses on various issues concerning the determination of minimum wages.

Indonesia's Experience with Social Safety Nets: Lessons Learned and Future Prospect

February, 2002 | Sudarno Sumarto, Asep Suryahadi
This book provides the proceedings of two meetings organised by the OECD to discuss the issue of developing social protection.

Implementation of Decentralization and Regional Autonomy: The Case of Kabupaten Sumba Timur, East Nusa Tenggara

January, 2002 | Syaikhu Usman, M. Sulton Mawardi, Nina Toyamah, Ilyas Saad, M. Fadhil Hasan, John Maxwell, Tony Umbu Sunga

Eating Like Which 'Joneses'? An Iterative Solution to the Choice of Poverty Line Reference Group

December, 2001 | Menno Pradhan, Asep Suryahadi, Sudarno Sumarto, Lant Pritchett
In this paper we take as our starting point a method is tied to a minimum nutritional intake but still yields a price deflator which can be used to calculate regional or inter-temporal poverty lines.

Establishing Reliable Social Safety Net Programs: Indonesian Experience

December, 2001 | Asep Suryahadi, Sudarno Sumarto
This paper consist of the lessons learned from the social safety net and poverty reduction programs and concludes the discussion with some policy recommendations.