Latest Publications

Survey of Recent Developments

August, 2011 | Daniel Suryadarma, Sudarno Sumarto

Decentralization and the Governance of Overseas Employment

July, 2011 | Palmira Permata Bachtiar, Dhanny Sutopo, Ari Ratna K., Bambang Sulaksono, Agustinus Supriyanto, Endang Sri Rahayu
This edition of the SMERU newsletter discusses the complex problems of the management of migrant workers uncovered in The SMERU Research Institute’s study on decentralization and management of migrant workers in Indonesia.

Migration Outflow and Remittance Patterns in Indonesia: National as well as Subnational Perspectives

July, 2011 | Palmira Permata Bachtiar
The article compares and contrasts the scale and composition of workers` outflow and remittance flow from 1994 to 2012 at the national level and in East Java and West Nusa Tenggara--two big migrant-sending provinces.

The Implementation of the Community-Based Monitoring System in Kota Pekalongan, Indonesia

June, 2011 | Akhmadi , Asri Yusrina, Athia Yumna
This report analyzed the CBMS data collection in Kota Pekalongan that can be accessed, used, and analyzed by the local government agencies and other institutions under the administration of the Kota Pekalongan Government

Conference on Research on Child Issues in Indonesia

April, 2011 | Angela Kearney, Sukardi , Nurman Siagian, Muhrisun Afandi, Amelia Maika, Elan Satriawan, Amanda Beatty, Sally Brinkman, Menno Pradhan, Irwanto
This edition of SMERU’s newsletter is a follow-up to last year’s Conference on Research on Child Issues in Indonesia, which was a collaboration between UNICEF, Bappenas, and SMERU.