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Poverty Targeting in Indonesia: Programs, Problems and Lessons Learned

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This paper presents a discussion on some poverty alleviation programs that are specifically targeted to the poor. The programs covered in this paper are: Inpres Desa Tertinggal (IDT), Padat Karya (Employment), Food Security, Education and Health component of the post-crisis Social Safety Net package. Brief assessments of the programs show that the targeting of poverty alleviation programs in Indonesia has been a difficult and frustrating process for cen-tral government planners attempting to allocate scarce budgetary resources as efficiently and effectively as possible. Although poor families did benefit to a certain degree, all the pro-grams that we have considered have suffered from two common problems: under-coverage and leakage. The paper concludes that the effectiveness of various poverty-targeted program in Indonesia are determined by, among other things, the type of targeting, administrative ca-pacity, program design and publicity, and the quality of monitoring.

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  • Ari A. Perdana & John Maxwell, 2004. "Poverty Targeting in Indonesia: Programs, Problems and Lessons Learned," CSIS Economics Working Paper Series WPE083, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta, Indonesia.
    • Handle: RePEc:sis:wpecon:wpe083
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    1. Tulus Tambunan, 2005. "Economic Growth, Appropriate Policies and Poverty Reduction in a Developing Country," South Asia Economic Journal, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, vol. 6(1), pages 59-78, March.

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    Keywords

    Indonesia; poverty; poverty targeting; poverty alleviation; Social Safety Net; Inpres Desa Tertinggal;
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    JEL classification:

    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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