assess the impact of recent reforms on the ability of systems to alleviate poverty and maintain living standards, using … most countries poverty alleviation remains strong. However, moves to link benefits to contributions have made some systems … individuals above the 60% relative poverty threshold throughout retirement. Our simulations suggest that the gradual negative …

decreased significantly, systems’ effectiveness in alleviating poverty remain strong in countries where minimum pensions were …

of systems to alleviate poverty and maintain living standards, while setting out how reforms change future costs and … indicate that while reforms have decreased generosity significantly, in most, but not all, countries the poverty alleviation …

indicators minimise the impact of systemic reforms on the poverty alleviation and income replacement functions of pension systems …. They suggest that these reforms have decreased generosity significantly, but that the poverty alleviation function remains …

Indonesia experienced a rapid reduction in poverty during the strong economic growth pre-crisis period. By estimating … the impact of sectoral economic growth components on consistently measured poverty rates across regions and over time …, this study finds that agricultural growth is the largest factor behind the poverty reduction. Agricultural growth accounts …

effect of both health and education capital on economic growth and poverty at the district level in Indonesia. Second … comprehensive examination of the impacts of health on growth and poverty at the subnational level. Thus, this study is the first at … education capital in accelerating growth and poverty reduction efforts. The empirical findings are broadly encouraging. First …

-term development plan and the Millennium Development Goals, poverty in its multidimensionality remain a major issue in Indonesia as a … consistently since 2002, most of those escaping poverty are still vulnerable and just a small shock can send them quickly below the … poverty line. Using the PPP $2/day poverty line as a vulnerability measure, the World Bank (2006) found that 45% of …

This paper decomposes changes in poverty into growth and redistribution components, and employs several pro-poor growth … concepts and indices to explore the growth, poverty and inequality nexus in Indonesia over the period 2002-2012. We find a … for other factors to account for around two-fifths of total household expenditure inequality in Indonesia. If poverty …

poverty reduction at the regional level, with a particular emphasis on the role of decentralization. Over the past decade … Indonesia has made significant progress in reducing poverty, from 23% of the population in 1999 to less than 12% in 2013 …. However, substantial differences in regional poverty are observed. In this paper, we discuss the factors that drive the …