Laporan ini mengkaji dampak dari kenaikan harga bahan bakar minyak (BBM) di Indonesia serta efektivitas program kompensasi yang diterapkan oleh pemerintah untuk mengurangi beban masyarakat. Kenaikan harga BBM seringkali menjadi isu yang sensitif karena berdampak langsung pada biaya hidup, terutama bagi kelompok masyarakat berpenghasilan rendah.
Direct cash transfers for vulnerable elderly and disabled populations have been provided by the Ministry of Social Welfare (Kementerian Sosial, Kemensos) since 2006; a similar cash transfer for at-risk youth was inaugurated in 2009. The Government of Indonesia's (GoI) pro-poor development initiatives, international agreements and domestic laws and regulations, and considerable experience delive…
The Bantuan Langsung Tunai (BLT) program had a clear and modest objective: supplement consumption for poor households facing unprecedented price increases. In 2005 subsidy cuts raised household fuel prices by an average of over 125 percent with 88, 186, and 105 percent increases in gasoline, kerosene, and solar (diesel) fuels respectively. BLT, a direct cash transfer in four installments over o…