Latest Publications

May, 2000 | Lant Pritchett, Asep Suryahadi, Sudarno Sumarto
In this paper, we propose a simple expansion of these measures to quantify "vulnerability." We define vulnerability as a probability, the risk a household will experience at least one episode of poverty in the near future.
April, 2000 | John Maxwell, Hariyanti Sadaly, Syaikhu Usman, Asep Suryahadi, Sudarno Sumarto
In this issue of our newsletter we present a concise summary from our Data Analysis Unit which charts the course of the poverty rate from a point well before the crisis erupted in late 1997 until August of last year.
February, 2000 | Sudarno Sumarto, Asep Suryahadi, Lant Pritchett
We examine the targeting performance of two programs created to respond to the social impacts of the crisis in Indonesia.
December, 1999 | Emmanuel Skoufias, Asep Suryahadi
In this paper we use repeated cross-sectional data from Indonesia for the years 1986 to 1998 to examine two inter-related questions.