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Did Social Safety Net Scholarships Reduce Drop-Out Rates During the Indonesian Economic Crisis?

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dc.contributor.authorCameron, Lisa A.
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-06T20:34:54Z
dc.date.available2013-08-06T20:34:54Z
dc.date.issued2002-03
dc.description.abstractThe author uses regression and matching techniques to evaluate Indonesia's Social Safety Net Scholarships Program, which was developed to keep large numbers of children from dropping out of school as a result of the Asian crisis. It was expected that many families would find it difficult to keep their children in school and that dropout rates would be high, as they were during a recession in the 1980s. But dropouts did not increase markedly and enrollment rates remained relatively steady. The author examines the role the scholarship program played in producing this result. She found the scholarships to have been effective in reducing dropouts in the lower secondary school (where students are more susceptible to dropping out) by about 3 percentage points. They had no discernible impact in primary and upper secondary schools. The author also examines how well the program adhered to its documented targeting design and how effective that design was in reaching the poor. Committees that allocated the scholarships followed the criteria diligently, but a significant percentage of scholarships did go to students from households with high reported per capita expenditures, if household expenditure data are reliable. It is unclear how targeting can be improved, giving the scarcity of accurate local household data in most countries. Using local monitoring could help but then monitoring for accountability would be more difficult. Preliminary evidence favors focusing safety net scholarships--designed to reduce dropout rates during an economic crisis--on lower secondary schools, continuing to target children (especially older students) from large families, scaling back scholarships to private schools at the lower secondary level, or targeting the households hurt most by the crisis.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1732225/social-safety-net-scholarships-reduce-drop-out-rates-during-indonesian-economic-crisis
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2800
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/14843
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, D.C.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No.2800
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGED
dc.subjectATTRIBUTES
dc.subjectCODES
dc.subjectCRIME
dc.subjectDISTANCE TO SCHOOL
dc.subjectDISTRICTS
dc.subjectDROPOUT RATES
dc.subjectEDUCATION INDICATORS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectENROLLMENT
dc.subjectENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subjectENROLMENT RATE
dc.subjectENROLMENT RATES
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFAMILY PLANNING
dc.subjectFEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectJAVA
dc.subjectMEDICINES
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPAPERS
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION
dc.subjectPRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectRURAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectSAFETY
dc.subjectSCHOLARSHIPS
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subjectSECONDARY STUDENTS
dc.subjectSPORTS
dc.subjectSTUDENTS
dc.subjectTEACHERS
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.subjectYOUNG PEOPLE SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSCHOLARSHIPS
dc.subjectDROPOUT RATE
dc.subjectFINANCIAL CRISES
dc.subjectECONOMIC CRISIS
dc.subjectENROLMENT RATIO
dc.subjectLOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subjectIMPACT EVALUATION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD DATA
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectREGRESSION ANALYSIS
dc.titleDid Social Safety Net Scholarships Reduce Drop-Out Rates During the Indonesian Economic Crisis?en
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okr.crossref.titleDid Social Safety Net Scholarships Reduce Drop-Out Rates during the Indonesian Economic Crisis?
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:47:37.706871Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1732225/social-safety-net-scholarships-reduce-drop-out-rates-during-indonesian-economic-crisis
okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2800
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum1732225
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okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryIndonesia
okr.sectorSocial Assistance
okr.sector(Historic) Social Protection
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicEducation::Primary Education
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::Information Technology
okr.topicHousing and Human Habitats
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.topicTeaching and Learning
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
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