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Evidence and the politics of reform : lessons from Indonesia’s social welfare development/ Sudarno Sumarto.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sumarto, Sudarno, 1960- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare--Indonesia.
- Public welfare.
- Indonesia--Social policy.
- Indonesia.
- Indonesia--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations
- illustration
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]
- Summary:
- Indonesia is often praised as a success story of welfare reform in the developing world. Many have credited democratisation for driving this transformation, arguing that a more open political system made governments more responsive to public demands for broader welfare provisions. Yet this explanation overlooks the deeper, messier realities behind critical policy choices. Why did Indonesia, against political instincts, cut popular fuel subsidies? Why invest in complex, expensive social welfare infrastructure? Why build elaborate systems for targeting the poor instead of opting for faster, simpler universal transfers during times of crisis? Evidence and the Politics of Reform reveals that Indonesia's reforms were rarely the product of pure benevolence or the rational application of research evidence. Through eight in-depth case studies spanning 1998 to 2024, this book explores how Indonesia navigated these challenges.
- Contents:
- Two and a half decades of the Indonesian social protection system
- Reforming regressive fuel subsidies
- The arts and crafts of program targeting
- Reforming rice transfer policy, feeding the country
- Spending more, spending better: reforming education in a fragmented system
- When healthcare is a right: taking the right steps
- Localizing power: a reflection of Indonesia’s decentralization project and development at the village level
- Weathering the storm: Indonesian social policy amid the COVID-19 pandemic
- Redrawing the poverty line
- Lessons from Indonesia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Academic, viewed on August 27, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version : Sumarto, Sudarno, 1960- Evidence of politics reform.
- ISBN:
- 9780197831717
- 0197831710
- OCLC:
- 1592064994
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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