Latest Publications

Indonesia's Decentralization Policy: The Budget Allocation and Its Implications for the Business Environment

September, 2001 | Ilyas Saad
This paper attempts to answer some questions about the financial capacity of local governments to implement regional autonomy. In the early stages of the implementation of autonomy, financial aspects have been crucial for every kabupaten and kota administration

Indonesia's Decentralization Policy: Initial Experiences and Emerging Problems

September, 2001 | Syaikhu Usman
This paper examines the preparations that have been undertaken within the regions, some of the initial implementation measures, and some of the key problems that emerged during the process of decentralization as managed by regional governments.

Short-term Poverty Dynamics: Evidence from Rural indonesia

September, 2001 | Wenefrida Dwi Widyanti, Sudarno Sumarto, Asep Suryahadi
This study finds that changes that took place at the household level were greater than what were indicated by the aggregate figures

Regional Autonomy and the Business Climate: North Sulawesi and Gorontalo

September, 2001 | Syaikhu Usman, Ilyas Saad, Nina Toyamah, M. Sulton Mawardi, Vita Febriany, Pamadi Wibowo

Coverage and Targeting in the Indonesian Social Safety Net Program

August, 2001 | Asep Suryahadi, Yusuf Suharso, Sudarno Sumarto
The findings of this study indicate that in many cases the programmes have not reached the specified target groups due to low coverage and loose targeting.