Publication: Towards a Comprehensive, Integrated, and Effective Social Assistance System in Indonesia
Date
2017-10-01
ISSN
Published
2017-10-01
Author(s)
World Bank Group
Abstract
Since 2010, the Government of Indonesia
(GoI) has set official poverty reduction targets and
emphasized the importance of a well-functioning social
assistance system in continued poverty reduction. However,
despite the efforts in expanding coverage of the social
protection system, the pace of poverty reduction in
Indonesia has slowed significantly in recent years, while
both chronic poverty and vulnerability have persisted.
Moreover, income inequality is on the rise, while access to
opportunities remain unequal. This report reassesses the
strengths and weaknesses of Indonesia’s main social
assistance programs, and proposes feasible reform options,
both program-by-program and for the social assistance system
as a whole. This 2017 updated report seeks to provide
evidence of the progress made between 2011 and 2017,
together with relevant benchmarks for future reforms and
policy planning. The review presents analytical evidence on
salient program features and issues, and proposes additional
efforts and options toward a truly integrated system.
Citation
“World Bank Group. 2017. Towards a Comprehensive, Integrated, and Effective Social Assistance System in Indonesia; Towards a Comprehensive, Integrated, and Effective Social Assistance System in Indonesia. © World Bank, Jakarta. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/28850 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”