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Monitoring the Socioeconomic Impact of the 2008/2009 Global Financial Crisis in Indonesia - Impact on the Livelihoods of the Oil Palm Plantation Community in Riau

Since the 2008/09 global financial crisis (GFC), the price of crude palm oil has fallen sharply. This has had a negative impact on the people of one village in Riau who depend on oil palm plantations and processing. Their incomes have slumped drastically due to the fall in the price of oil palm fresh fruit bunches, fewer shifts and reduced working hours in palm oil factories, fewer opportunities for employment as freelance workers in oil palm plantations, and a rise in the price of fertilizer, agricultural chemicals, and staple food.

Teacher Absenteeism and Remote Area Allowance Baseline Survey

When Teachers are Absent: Where do They Go and What is the Impact on Students?

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

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 administration1. According to Laws No.22, 1999 and No.25, 1999, financial management is an important indicator of local government performance in determining whether they can continue as autonomous entities or should be merged with other neighboring kabupaten or kota.

The Determinants of Student Performance in Indonesian Public Primary Schools: The Role of Teachers and Schools

In this paper we investigate the determinants of student performance in mathematics and dictation tests among fourth-grade school children in Indonesia. We use a unique dataset of school and student information that was collected in a nationally representative survey of 110 public schools in 8 Indonesian provinces in 2003. Using an OLS regression technique that compensates for heteroskedasticity, we conduct separate sets of student-level regressions for three performance variables: math scores, dictation scores and combined scores.

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