The BLT cash transfer scheme aimed to reach one-third of Indonesian households to provide some compensation for the reduction in the fuel subsidy at a time of rapid fuel and food – particularly rice – price inflation. Cash was disbursed in several rounds in 2005-2006 and again in 2008-2009. BLT attracted considerable negative public attention due to widespread protests, chiefly as a result …
Bantuan tunai bersyarat telah menjadi fokus utama kebijakan publik di banyak negara dalam upaya mengurangi kemiskinan dan meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat. Studi ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi dampak politik dari bantuan tunai bersyarat dengan menggunakan bukti dari eksperimen kebijakan acak.
In 2007 the Government of Indonesia launched the Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH), the first conditional cash transfer programme in Indonesia. The programme seeks to improve the quality of human capital by providing cash transfers conditional on households accessing specified health and education services. The PKH helps to reduce the burden of household/family expenditure for very poor households…