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Searching with a thematic focus on Poverty in Indonesia

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    The Impact of Private Sector Growth on Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Indonesia

    SMERU Research Institute, Indonesia, 2007
    This paper assesses the effect of public and private sector growth on poverty in Indonesia. The impact of growth in different types of economic expenditures on poverty reduction is estimated empirically using fixed capital formation growth as the proxy for the private sector and growth in government spending as the indicator of the public sector.
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    Reducing unemployment in Indonesia: results from a growth-employment elasticity model

    SMERU Research Institute, Indonesia, 2007
    The authors of this paper develop a new model to examine the impact of different sectors and locations of economic growth on urban, rural, and national employment using a provincial level panel dataset. A number of conclusions are presented, including: 
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    Understanding bonded child labour in Asia: an introduction to the nature of the problem and how to address it

    Child Workers in Asia, 2007
    This document presents an overview of bonded child labour in South and Southeast Asia, and provides information on legal instruments and approaches that organisations might use to fight it.
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    Pathways out of poverty during an economic crisis: an empirical assessment of rural Indonesia

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007
    Most poor people in developing countries still live in rural areas and are primarily engaged in low productivity farming activities. This paper reports on the pathways out of poverty in Indonesia during a period of economic and political turmoil.
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    Globalisation and Poverty

    National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2007
    A non-technical summary of a book titled ‘Globalisation and Poverty’ edited by Ann Harrison. It questions whether globalisation spreads wealth. The book concludes that the poor will benefit from globalisation if the appropriate complementary policies and institutions are in place.
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    Delivering on the promise of pro-poor growth: insights and lessons from country experiences

    World Bank, 2007
    How do growth strategies affect the ability of poor households to participate in and benefit from growth? This book explores how country policies and conditions interact to reduce poverty and to spread the benefits of growth across different income groups. It provides insights from eight countries that have been relatively successful in delivering pro-poor growth.
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    Where is education in the conditional cash transfers of education?

    UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2006
    This paper examines the educational effects of conditional cash transfers (CCT) for education. The study finds that based on the evidence reviewed in this paper, there is very limited support for the conclusion that CCTs are effective educational instruments, in particular with regards to their ability to increase learning.
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    Economic growth and poverty reduction in Indonesia: the effects of location and sectoral components of growth

    SMERU Research Institute, Indonesia, 2006
    Through an analysis of Indonesian growth statistics, this paper reveals that location and sectoral components of growth have different impacts on poverty.
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    Do home-based enterprises pollute the environment?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Policymakers often regard home-based enterprises (HBEs) as dangerous polluters. It is true that some generate liquid and solid wastes that contribute to water, air and land pollution. However, most home-based enterprises have mild environmental effects, and provide valuable income for poorer neighbourhoods.
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    After the fall: social safety net programmes in Indonesia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    In early 1998, the government of Indonesia established several programmes to provide social welfare to those most affected by the economic crisis. Both chronically and newly poor people had to be provided for, and social welfare was a new intiative for the Indonesian Government. The results have been mixed.

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