Development indicators operate very dynamically in line with the government’s program and policy response. The government, therefore, needs an estimate of the poverty rate for a specific period in line with the development of its constituent indicators. The rate is required by the government to ensure the implemented policy can achieve the target according to the plan. Given the available ind…
One aspect of Indonesia’s health profile that still needs improvement is stunting. In 2018 Indonesia had one of the highest prevalence rates for stunting in the world at 30.8 percent. To achieve the National Medium-Term Development Plan 2015-2019 (Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Menengah Negara: RPJMN) target of a 28 percent stunting rate, in 2018 the government set priority areas for stunting pre…
To succeed in implementing programs to reduce the number of stunted children, accurate and timely data and information are required to serve as the basis for target and goal setting. The use of Riskesdas (Riset Kesehatan Dasar: Basic Health Research) is highly important to generate indicators on the Indonesian people’s health status and monitor the success of various government programs in th…
Poverty is essentially the inability to meet certain basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter. The measurement of poverty commonly used in developing countries is absolute poverty, which compares household income or expenditures and the poverty line. The line is based upon the minimum expenditures or income needed to obtain: (i) a quantity of food to fulfill certain calorie needs; and (i…
Undang-Undang Nomor 6 Tahun 2014 tentang Desa membawa perubahan mendasar dalam pengelolaan, pengaturan dan pelaksanaan pemerintahan desa. Khusus keuangan desa, UU tersebut mengatur sumber pendapatan desa yang dapat berimplikasi pada alokasi anggaran khusus bagi desa, baik yang bersumber dari Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Negara maupun Anggaran Pendapatan Belanja Daerah. Sejak tahun 2015, alok…
Undang-Undang Nomor 6 Tahun 2014 tentang Desa membawa perubahan mendasar dalam pengelolaan, pengaturan dan pelaksanaan pemerintahan desa. Khusus keuangan desa, UU tersebut mengatur sumber pendapatan desa yang dapat berimplikasi pada alokasi anggaran khusus bagi desa, baik yang bersumber dari Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Negara maupun Anggaran Pendapatan Belanja Daerah. Sejak tahun 2015, alok…