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A child in a poor and isolated village in Rote Island, East Nusa Tenggara. (Shtterstock/Reezky Pradata)

Without intervention, model shows COVID-19 will drag at least 3.6 million Indonesians into poverty

Fisca Miswari Aulia, National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS); Maliki, National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), and M Niaz Asadullah, University of Malaya

Bappenas conducted a simulation to predict how COVID-19 will impact poverty in Indonesia. Without intervention, the pandemic will drag at least 3.6 million Indonesians into poverty by the end of 2020.
Young children pass the time in their riverside shanty town on the banks of the heavily-polluted Ciliwung River. (Dewi Putra/Shutterstock)

What can Indonesia learn from past policies to prevent another poverty hike during the pandemic?

M Niaz Asadullah, University of Malaya; Fisca Miswari Aulia, National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), and Maliki, National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS)

COVID19 threatens to reverse years of Indonesia’s positive trends in poverty alleviation. We highlight lessons from past policies to prevent another poverty hike during the pandemic.

Related Topics

  1. Asian Financial crisis
  2. COVID-19
  3. Economic growth
  4. Indonesia
  5. Lagos
  6. Peacebuilding
  7. Poverty
  8. Poverty alleviation
  9. Poverty rate
  10. Welfare

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