COVID-19

Publications
25 May 2023

Covid-19 has infected and will continue to infect millions of people all over the world. The economic impact is predicted to be large and millions of people will be pushed into poverty. In this paper, we estimate the impact of Covid-19 on poverty in Indonesia. The economic impact is expected to be severe, reducing the economic growth rate projected for 2020 from about 5% to between 4.2% and –3.5%. We find that under the best-case scenario, the poverty rate will increase from 9.2% in September 2019 to 9.7% by the end of 2020, pushing 1.3 million more people into poverty.

Publications
27 Apr 2023

This publication is only available in Indonesian.

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Publications
27 Apr 2023

The rising number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Indonesia is a sure sign that the country is still very far from beating the pandemic. Various efforts have been made, but some have not been effective to control the pandemic. The spread of hoaxes and the incongruity of government policies in handling the COVID-19 pandemic have caused general confusion about how to deal with the pandemic. As a result, the public perception of risks of the COVID-19 transmission often and easily changes, inducing a false sense of security.

Publications
27 Apr 2023

This publication is only available in Indonesian.

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Publications
27 Apr 2023

Out-of-date and incorrect Integrated Social Welfare Data (DTKS) resulted in mistargeting and delays in the distribution of social welfare assistance at the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This data inaccuracy was caused by many kabupaten (district)/kota (city) governments inconsistently updating their social welfare data. Several studies in Brazil show that an up-to-date and high-quality integrated poverty data system will improve the effectiveness of social welfare assistance programs and contribute to rapid poverty reduction.

Publications
13 Apr 2023

This paper assesses the impact of covid-19 pandemic, measured through work mobility reduction, and e-commerce growth on the labour market using data from Indonesian labour force surveys and e-commerce transaction values. The findings confirm that the pandemic adversely affects workers’ employment prospects, work hours, total earnings, and hourly earnings. E-commerce growth does not counteract the adverse impact of the pandemic as expected, but it plays a role as an employment buffer during the crisis, although it tends to suppress workers’ earnings.

Research
20 Mar 2023

This study assesses the effectiveness of improving knowledge and practice in infection prevention measures, equitable demand for vaccination, and reducing vaccine hesitancy.

Article
10 Mar 2023

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This article was originally posted on East Asia Forum

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