Targeted Programs in an Economic Crisis: Empirical Findings from Indonesia’s Experience in 1998-99 during the Asian Crisis

Policy Research

This chapter draws on several household data sets to present four empirical findings about the targeting of these crisis program. Within the large literatures on each of the many aspects of the targeting and benefit incidence of government programs, this chapter has three unique features. First, we address the question of the targeting of crisis program that were created deliberately to address the consequences of a specific economic shock. Second, we are able to use multiple data sources, including a panel data set spanning the crisis, to cross validate findings. Third, we are able to make comparisons across the set of programs. 

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Author 
Daniel Suryadarma
Wenefrida Dwi Widyanti
Asep Suryahadi
Sudarno Sumarto
Author(s)
Daniel Suryadarma
Wenefrida Dwi Widyanti
Research Area 
National
Keywords 
targeting
social protection
economic crisis
Publication Type 
Book and Book Chapter