A Rapid Appraisal of The Implementation of the 2005 Direct Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia: A Case Study in Five Kabupaten/Kota

Hastuti, Sudarno Sumarto (ssumarto@smeru.or.id), Nina Toyamah, Syaikhu Usman, Bambang Sulaksono, Sri Budiyati, Wenefrida Dwi Widyanti, Meuthia Rosfadhila, Hariyanti Sadaly, Sufiet Erlita, R. Justin Sodo and Sami Bazzi
Additional contact information
Hastuti: SMERU

Development Economics Working Papers from East Asian Bureau of Economic Research

Abstract: This report is the result of a rapid assessment of the first phase of the direct cash transfer program that is one part of the fuel subsidy reduction compensation program that is provided to poor households. The early observation and assessment of the administration of this program was needed in order to know the level of achievement of the program and its problems so it can be used as the basis for improving its administration and for planning programs of this type in the future. This assessment was undertaken using a qualitative methodology through in-depth interviews with a number of respondents and the quantitative analysis of secondary data. The investigation results show that time contraints for every phase of the direct cash transfer program, starting from the targeting process, socialization, card distribution, funds allocation to the handling of problems made the implementation appear rushed and its hastiness had an impact on the success of each phase of the implementation. The socialization program is the phase that was assessed as the weakest because it was not done intensively, especially in connection with institutions at the local level that had not yet been formed. In general, other phases of the program implementation proceeded well, although mistargeting triggered the emergence of conflict as the result of social jealousy.

Keywords: fuel subsidy; poor; direct cash transfer; social jealousy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H20 H24 H31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-01
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (9)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.eaber.org/node/22529 (application/pdf)
Our link check indicates that this URL is bad, the error code is: 301 [REDIRECT LOOP] Moved Permanently (http://www.eaber.org/node/22529 [301 Moved Permanently]--> https://www.eaber.org/node/22529 [301 Moved Permanently]--> https://www.eaber.org/node/22529 [301 Moved Permanently]--> https://www.eaber.org/node/22529 [301 Moved Permanently]--> https://www.eaber.org/node/22529 [301 Moved Permanently]--> https://www.eaber.org/node/22529 [301 Moved Permanently]--> https://www.eaber.org/node/22529 [301 Moved Permanently]--> https://www.eaber.org/node/22529)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eab:develo:22529

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Development Economics Working Papers from East Asian Bureau of Economic Research Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Shiro Armstrong (shiro.armstrong@anu.edu.au).