Latest Publications

Making the Best of All Resources: How Indonesian Household Recipients Use the CCT Allowance

November, 2010 | Muhammad Syukri, Sirojuddin Arif, Meuthia Rosfadhila, Widjajanti Isdijoso
Based on a qualitative study in four villages in Indonesia, this article explores how the conditional cash transfer (CCT) recipient households use the CCT funds.

Invisible Impacts and Lost Opportunities: Evidence of the Global Recession in Developing Countries

November, 2010 | Naomi Hossain, Rizki Fillaili, Grace Lubaale
This article outlines three reasons to believe that the impacts are likely to have been severe for those in poverty.

Access to Justice: Empowering Female Heads of Household in Indonesia: Case Studies in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, West Java, West Kalimantan, and East Nusa Tenggara

October, 2010 | Asri Yusrina, Athia Yumna, Akhmadi , Sri Budiyati, Asep Suryahadi

Review of Government’s Poverty Reduction Strategies, Policies, and Programs in Indonesia

October, 2010 | Athia Yumna, Asep Suryahadi, Umbu Reku Raya, Deswanto Marbun

A Cohort Analysis of Wages in Indonesia

October, 2010 | Emmanuel Skoufias, Asep Suryahadi
This article uses repeated cross-sectional data for the years 1986 to 1998 to examine how the median and spread in the distribution of wages among workers of different age and gender were affected by the economic growth and contraction in output during this period.