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Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2021-01-25) World Bank

This brief has been produced under the World Bank’s Indonesia Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) observatory, a partnership among multiple global practices at the Bank that aims to generate near-real-time insights on the impact of the pandemic to inform the Government of Indonesia’s policy response to the COVID-19 crisis. This brief describes results from the fourth round of monitoring between November to December 2020.
What Factors Exacerbate and Mitigate the Risk of Gender-Based Violence During COVID-19?: Insights from a Phone Survey in Indonesia

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2020-12) Halim, Daniel ; Can, England Rhys ; Perova, Elizaveta

One in three Indonesian women have experienced Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in their lifetime. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic may further exacerbate the risks of GBV. First, additional stress due to health risks and economic uncertainty is likely to trigger conflict within family. Second, more time spent in the same physical space with potential perpetrators due to lockdowns may also increase the likelihood of abuse. We collected data on exposure to GBV through a phone survey to understand the factors that pose the greatest risk and policy interventions that may effectively protect women. In-person data collection was not possible due to health concerns associated with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In order to not jeopardize the safety of the respondents through backlash from perpetrators living in the same households, we did not ask questions about violence directly. Rather, based on consultations with GBV experts, we developed a series of proxy questions, which allowed us to infer the likely exposure to violence.
Ex-ante Poverty and Distributional Impacts of COVID–19 in Indonesia

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2020-06-26) Ali, Rabia ; Tiwari, Sailesh

The Government of Indonesia has responded to the pandemic strongly, instituting several economic support measures for households. Budgetary outlays on the newly announced programs amount to an approximate doubling of spending on core social assistance programs.
High-Frequency Monitoring of Households: Summary of Results from Survey Round 1, 01-07 May 2020

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2020-06-26) Purnamasari, Ririn ; Ali, Rabia

This brief presents findings from the first of five rounds of a nationally representative panel survey of 4,338 households across 40 districts and 35 cities in 27 provinces of Indonesia. The survey was implemented through 15 to 20-minute phone interviews. To achieve the program targets Government of Indonesia (GOI) has committed to, implementation efforts need to focus much more sharply on improving delivery of assistance to targeted poor and vulnerable households and ensure that those engaged in hard-hit non-farm businesses benefit either from expansion of existing social assistance or new economic relief programs.