The distribution of Village Fund (VF) has entered its third year in 2017, yet delays in distribution and disbursement continue to occur and could potentially undermine the quality of VF spending.
The role of the kecamatan needs to be strengthened, given the weak capacities of village governments with varying topography and geographical conditions in Indonesia.
This working paper explores the factors that shape policy processes in Indonesia, focussing on the types of knowledge that tends to be influential in shaping policy and why.
December, 2017 |
Timothy Hatton, Robert Sparrow, Daniel Suryadarma, Pierre van der Eng
We analyse the heights of children aged 2 to 12 in the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) focusing on the effect of the number of children in the family.