Poverty and Social Protection in Indonesia / / ed. by Joan Hardjono, Nuning Akhmadi, Sudarno Sumarto.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Akhmadi, Nuning,; Hardjono, Joan,; Pritchett, Lant,; Sumarto, Sudarno,; Suryadarma, Daniel,; Suryahadi, Asep,; Widyanti, Wenefrida,; Wie, Thee Kian,
• HerausgeberIn: Akhmadi, Nuning,; Hardjono, Joan,; Sumarto, Sudarno,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (303 p.)

This book consists of papers that present the findings of research done by the SMERU Research Institute in Jakarta, Indonesia. Most describe the effects on the poor of the Indonesian economic crisis of 1997-98 and the response of the Indonesian government in the form of a Social Safety Net consisting of poverty mitigation programs. With the gradual recovery of the economy after 2000, the Indonesian government began reducing subsidies for fuel products and has channelled budgetary savings into a new series of targeted social protection and poverty alleviation undertakings that include unconditional cash transfers. The effectiveness of Indonesia's poverty alleviation programs has, however, been reduced by the difficulty of targeting beneficiaries accurately because of a lack of reliable, up-to-date poverty figures. In many instances unsuitable targeting methodology has been compounded by bad governance at the local level, while the introduction of regional autonomy, accompanied by the decentralization of authority to the district level, has formed a further complicating factor.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF Figures -- PREFACE -- Postscript: The 2008 Financial Crisis -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- GLOSSARY AND ACRONYMS -- The Editors -- The CONTRIBUTORS -- 1. A Brief Overview of Growth and Poverty in Indonesia during the New Order and after the Asian Economic Crisis -- Part One: Trends in Poverty and Technical Issues of Measurement -- 2. The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Consumption Expenditures and Poverty Incidence -- 3. Poverty and Vulnerability in Indonesia Before and After the Economic Crisis -- 4. Short-term Poverty Dynamics in Rural Indonesia during the Economic Crisis -- 5. The Evolution of Poverty during the Crisis in Indonesia -- Part Two: Poverty Alleviation Policies and Programs -- 6. Designs and Implementation of the Indonesian Social Safety Net Programs -- 7. Safety Nets or Safety Ropes? Dynamic Benefit Incidence of Two Crisis Programs in Indonesia -- 8. New Approaches to the Targeting of Social Protection Programs -- 9. Post-crisis Social Protection Programs in Indonesia -- 10. Conclusion: Coping with the Crisis -- Bibliography -- Index