Indonesia has made remarkable strides in key human development indicators over the past few decades. Primary school enrollment is close to universal for both boys and girls, and the child mortality rate...
The World Bank Research Observer is intended for anyone who has a professional interest in development. Observer articles are written to be accessible to nonspecialist readers; contributors examine key...
The authors report an experiment in 3,000 villages that tested whether incentives improve aid efficacy. Villages received block grants for maternal and child health and education that incorporated relative...
The authors report an experiment in 3,000 villages that tested whether incentives improve aid efficacy. Villages received block grants for maternal and child health and education that incorporated relative...
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Should aid reward performance? : evidence from a field experiment on health and education in Indonesia, conducted between...
This brief summarizes the direct democracy and local public goods: evidence from a field experiment in Indonesia for September 2005-January 2006. This article presents an experiment in which 49 Indonesian...
Indonesia, like many middle income countries, has difficulty providing universal access to education and adequate access to healthcare, particularly in poor and rural areas. To tackle these problems, the...
Indonesia has made remarkable strides in key human development indicators over the past few decades. Primary school enrollment is close to universal for both boys and girls, and the child mortality rate...
Extortion by police and military personnel manning roadside security posts has been a consistent problem in each of Indonesia's areas of large-scale conflict. The staged withdrawal of security forces from...
Extortion by police and military personnel manning roadside security posts has been a consistent problem in each of Indonesia's areas of large-scale conflict. The staged withdrawal of security forces from...
This document describes the findings from the interim evaluation survey conducted between October and December 2007, after 15 to 18 months of Generasi implementation in 129 treatment sub districts. Since...