"A Recovery for All: Rethinking Socio-Economic Policies for Children and Poor Households" presents a comprehensive analysis of socio-economic policies aimed at addressing the needs of children and impoverished households in the wake of economic crises and social disruptions. Through a multidisciplinary lens, the book examines the impacts of various policy interventions on vulnerable populations…
Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) is a Conditional Cash Transfer programme that delivers benefits to 2.3 million families in Indonesia. Payments to these families are currently made through a manual process involving the Indonesian Post Office. This paper discusses the opportunities and considerations in evaluating alternative payment mechanisms and recommends a strategy for moving to payment meth…
This compilation presents the rich array of discussions, papers, and presentations showcased during the 14th Australian Social Policy Conference. Held against the backdrop of evolving social landscapes, the book delves into the pressing contemporary issues confronting social policy. Through diverse lenses and analytical frameworks, it navigates through pivotal themes such as inequality, poverty…
Dramatic socio-economic transformations over the last two decades have brought social policy and social welfare issues to prominence in many East Asian societies. Since the 1990s and in response to national as well as global pressure, there have been substantial developments and reforms in social policy in the region but the development paths have been uneven. Until recently, comparative analys…
There is limited empirical evidence on whether poverty-targeted conditional cash transfers (CCTs) can be an effective tool in reducing child marriages. Employing a Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity design that uses administrative roll-out data matched to the government’s poverty census and targeting database in Indonesia, we estimate that the country’s flagship CCT (PKH) reduced child marriage…