Rapid Appraisal of the 2011 Data Collection of Social Protection Programs (Ppls 2011)

Research team smeru researchers hastuti, syaikhu usman, bambang sulaksono, r. justin sodo, asri yusrina, rahmitha, gracia hadiwidjaja, prio sambodho field researchers: basyri nasution, muhammad imam zamroni, asep kurniawan, muhammad badar translators: stephen girschik, mukti mulyana, budhi adrianto abstract to support the implementation of numerous social protection programs and the development of a unified database for social protection programs, statistics Indonesia (bps), in coordination with the national team for accelerating poverty reduction (tnp2k) and world bank, conducted the 2011 data collection for social protection programs (ppls 2011). ppls 2011 was implemented in order to build a unified database system containing information on all the 40% poorest households in Indonesia which will be used for the purpose of targeting social protection programs to eligible beneficiaries. to achieve this goal, around 45%-50% of low to lower middle socioeconomic households have been enumerated as part of the ppls 2011 implementation. in order to assess the quality of ppls 2011, the smeru research institute carried out a rapid appraisal of its implementation in four provinces covering eight kabupaten/kota, and sixteen villages/kelurahan. this appraisal was formulated based on interviews with bps staffs in kabupaten/kota and kecamatan (ksk), regional government officials, field enumerators (pcl), field supervisors (pml) and 253 households. in this qualitative study, smeru also observed training, data collection, data verification and data entry activities. in this appraisal, smeru finds that ppls 2011 has a number of improvements compared to previous data collections used to determine social protection program beneficiaries, namely the 2005 socioeconomic census (pse 2005) and the 2008 data collection for social protection programs (ppls 2008). some of these improvements are: a far greater coverage of households, clearer standard operating procedures (sop), the use of pre-listed lists of households as starting points based on technical analysis of census data, the neutral association of ppls 2011 to any programs, and the more detailed household information.meanwhile general criticisms of ppls 2011 are: the survey was perceived as being too centralized and/or insufficiently able to accommodate local socioeconomic characteristics, socialization to the community was limited, the criteria of low to lower middle socioeconomic households were not clear, and there were indications of possible under-coverage of households in some areas. this study offers several important recommendations that may be useful for future rounds of data collection for social protection programs. first, a fine, precise and firm explanation on the purpose of ppls should be given to all stakeholders, including the general population. second, in order to get high quality partners, enumerators must be recruited through an open and objective recruitment process. third, more precise and clearer definitions of what constitutes a low to lower middle socioeconomic household should be defined well in advance. fourth, training and field supervision activities should be improved. keywords: poverty, unified database, middle to low socioeconomic household, social protection program

Baseline Study for the Socioeconomic Impact of Tamadera Insurance Program in Jakarta

Coordinator: bambang soelaksono researchers: bambang soelaksono, asri yusrina, rika kumala dewi, armand arief sim, rahmitha, rachma indah nurbani, herry widjanarko, rina rozana advisor: widjajanti i. suharjo editor: stephen girschik abstract the tamadera insurance program is a female-targeted multifunctional micro-endowment saving plan with integrated life insurance and critical illness coverage that was launched in october 2010. given the pioneering nature of the program, this study is being carried out as the first stage of an impact assessment study of tamadera. the study is conducted in Jakarta timur and Jakarta utara. using quantitative and qualitative surveys, the study found that sampled household heads are generally well educated as most of them are graduates from senior high school. family size of the sampled households is higher than the bkkbn's ideal family size. family size is found to have a positive correlation with the position of the household within the quintile per capita expenditure. health and education are found to be important aspects in influencing a household's financial position. in accessing funds for medical treatment and their children's education, sampled households tend to be dependent on the availability of their own money. indeed, Jakarta utara is found to be lagging behind Jakarta timur. large household sizes, high numbers of households receiving raskin, and low education levels of household heads are some of the conditions found commonly in Jakarta utara. meanwhile, a widely held perception among households in Jakarta timur about their ability to finance their children's education shows that they regard this more highly than households in Jakarta utara. the level of financial knowledge and ability of the community remains low. respondents in the first quintile have the lowest percentage score in a financial literacy test compared to respondents in the other quintiles. moreover, the respondents' educational attainment and age are statistically significant in regard to their financial literacy score. most of the respondents are interested in a savings program that provides health insurance and a death benefit. amongst those who are interested in the program, the first priority for their tamadera savings would be to provide finance for their children's education. however, one of the rules of the program is that savings accounts can only be withdrawn from after five years and that there is a 15% reduction penalty if they decide to withdraw their savings before the end of the five year term. this penalty has shown to discourage respondents from joining the program. keywords: baseline survey, life insurance, poverty reduction progra

Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Programs in Five Ministries: a Study on the System and Implementation

The system of planning and budgeting in Indonesia is undergoing a change, from an input-based system to one based on output and outcome. information accountability in monitoring and evaluation is a must to support the implementation of a performance-based system as mandated by law no. 17/2003 on state finance, and government regulation no. 21/2004 on formulating ministerial/institutional work plans and budgets. an evaluation needs to be conducted on government regulation no. 39/2006 on procedure of monitoring and evaluation of development plan implementation to accommodate the output – and outcome –based planning and budgeting system. this study presents snapshots of the monitoring and evaluation system of government programs which have been implemented in five selected ministries. the methods used include conducting in-depth interviews with staff members and collecting secondary ministerial-level data at both the planning bureau (bpkln) and directorate general/program executing directorate; distributing questionnaires on budget absorption and achievement of targeted output/outcome indicators of selected programs; and conducting a field study on monitoring and evaluation systems and processes of data validation at the local level. this study recommends that the monitoring and evaluation process should be placed parallel with the planning, budgeting, and implementation processes of the programs/activities. therefore a regulation regarding monitoring and evaluation management in national and local level government agencies is needed. it should provide clear definitions of monitoring and evaluation and address the need for an independent monitoring and evaluation unit; reward and punishment mechanisms; a feedback mechanism; and simplification of forms, number of reports, and indicators of programs/activities. keywords: monitoring, evaluation, programs, ministr