Understanding the nexus between employment, living standards and poverty is a major challenge in Indonesia. Trends in poverty are heavily dependent on labour market opportunities and social spending in education and health. The question is how to create opportunities and spend money wisely - a subject of intense debate in Indonesia. The government has brought a renewed focus to poverty reduction since the end of the Asian financial crisis, especially under the current president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. This book shows how Indonesia is travelling with regard to employment, social policy and poverty. It identifies promising new directions for strategies to alleviate poverty, some of which are already showing results.

Table of Contents :

Employment, Living Standards and Poverty in Contemporary Indonesia
Preliminary pages
1. Employment, Living Standards and Poverty: Trends, Policies and Interactions, by Chris Manning Sudarno Sumarto
PART I: ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION AND TRENDS IN POVERTY: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
2. How Good Are Good Transitions for Growth and Poverty? Indonesia since Suharto, for Instance?, by Lant H Pritchett
3. Poverty, Food Prices and Economic Growth in Southeast Asian Perspective, by Peter Warr
4. Accelerating Poverty and Vulnerability Reduction: Trends, Opportunities and Constraints, by Asep Suryahadi Umbu Reku Raya Deswanto Marbun Athia Yumna
5. Regional Patterns of Poverty: Why Do Some Provinces Perform Better than Others?, by Riyana Miranti
PART II: EMPLOYMENT AND MIGRATION
6. Indonesian Industrialisation: Jobless Growth?, by Haryo Aswicahyono Hal Hill Dionisius Ardiyanto Narjoko
7. Occupational Choice and Mobility among Migrants to Four Cities, by Sherry Tao Kong Tadjuddin Noer Effendi
PART III: EDUCATION AND HEALTH
8. The Quality of Education: International Standing and Attempts at Improvement, by Daniel Suryadarma
9. Educational Challenges with Special Reference to Islamic Schooling, by Risti Permani
10. What Is Ailing the Health System? Governance, National Policy and the Poor, by Adrian C Hayes Nida P Harahap
11. Social Health Insurance: Towards Universal Coverage for the Poor?, by Robert R A Sparrow
12. Sanitation and Health: The Past, the Future and Working Out What Works, by Lisa Cameron Susan Olivia
PART IV: CONNECTING WITH THE POOR: GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
13. The Evolution of Poverty Alleviation Policies: Ideas, Issues and Actors, by Ari Perdana John Maxwell
14. Reducing Poverty by Increasing Community and Female Participation, by Vivi Yulaswati Pungky Sumadi
15. Targeting of the Poor and Vulnerable, by Vivi Alatas Ririn Purnamasari Matthew Wai-Poi
16. Social Assistance: Understanding the Gaps, by Lisa Hannigan