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Publications and Documents
Explore our data-rich research, policy analysis, toolkits, guidelines, and other resources on economics and key development topics. Our operational documents are also available in this section.
ACDP Indonesia Papers and Policy Briefs
Gender Equality in Education in Indonesia: Policy Brief
Good practice and innovation in mainstreaming gender equality in education exist in Indonesia and other countries. However, in Indonesia, opportunities are missed because such practice remains largely localized and relatively small scale.
Evaluation of the Supplemental Food for School Children Program: Executive Summary
The main goal of the program was to overcome malnutrition among schoolchildren in Indonesia. The incidence of stunting in children aged 6-14 years was 13.3% for boys and 10.9% for girls in 2010. One of the key highlights of the program is increasing the community participation and increasing the community’s income through the increased use of local products.
Review of a Decade of Gender Mainstreaming in Education in Indonesia
Indonesia has made impressive improvements in education over the last decade and is on track to meeting Millennium Development Goals 2 and 3 for universal primary education and gender parity.
Early Childhood Development Strategy Study in Indonesia
The study addresses the issues of access, equity, quality, and management taking into consideration the characteristics of early childhood development (ECD) that would be optimal for Indonesia.
Support for Poor Families in Meeting the Personal Costs of Basic Education
This paper is part of a project on Free Basic Education Strategy Development and focuses on the personal costs associated with basic education.
Analysis of School Operational Funds
Bantuan Operasional Sekolah, or School Operational Fund was introduced in 2005 as a program to support schools and madrasahs offering basic education. This report provides an analysis of its background, history, and operations.
Financing Projections to 2020 for Implementation of Free Basic Education
Free basic education strategy development aims to contribute towards achieving medium- to long-term social and economic national development goals through the development of effective policies, strategies, and programs for implementation of Free Basic Education in Indonesia. This paper provides financial projections over the period of two of Indonesia's five-year plans, the first ending in 2015 and the second in 2020. It identifies the budget gap between the current situation and one where all Indonesian mainstream providers of basic education meet at least the Minimum Service Standard level, then focuses on projecting the budget needs to the year 2020, with the calculations demonstrating a range of policy option scenarios.
School and Madrasah Principals and Supervisors Competency Baseline Study
One of the objectives of this study was to develop instruments and processes for collecting data about principal and supervisor competency that could be used by districts, provinces, and national education authorities to collect similar data from a wider sample. This is in line with the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Strategic Plan 2010-2014 to ensure improved quality in the implementation of school education programs in Indonesia. This report has been prepared with grant support provided by Australian Aid and the European Union through the Education Sector Analytical and Capacity Development Partnership (ACDP).