servants. The author exploits the exogenous timing of Indonesia's democratization in 1999, paired with an individual …What effect does democratization have on meritocratic practices in the civil service? Democratization increases … servants' performance-enhancing characteristics, democratization increases discrimination. The author test this argument using …

The Indonesia Economic Prospects (IEP) is a bi-annual World Bank report that assesses recent macroeconomic developments …

Vision 2045 aims to significantly transform Indonesia with the target of becoming one of the world's top five economies … by the time it reaches its centenary in 2045. But is this achievable without considering Indonesia's Water Security? This …

In 2015, a global study estimating inputs of plastic waste into the oceans ranked Indonesia as the second largest … Indonesian marine biodiversity, its communities and its economy. The Government of Indonesia (GoI) has signaled its leadership on … of this challenge. In this study, we provide the first Indonesia-wide assessment integrating local waste data with actual …

The Republic of Indonesia, herein Indonesia, is the world's largest archipelagic state, consisting of more than 17 … Southeast Asia. Indonesia is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, including extreme events such as floods and droughts … succinctly summarize the climate risks faced by Indonesia. This includes rapid onset and long- term changes in key climate …

Similar to many other countries around the world, the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has hit Indonesia hard. Latest …

COVID-19 (coronavirus) has taken a heavy economic and human toll globally and in Indonesia. According to official … Indonesia (-2.1 percent) was milder than among Emerging Markets and Developing Economies, EMDEs (-4.3 percent excluding China … government's social assistance program mitigating a potentially worse outcome. Indonesia's recovery has been relatively gradual …

Indonesia has experienced two major forest and land fire events in the past five years. According to government data … losses to Indonesia's infrastructure, and to its agriculture, industry, trade, tourism, transportation, health, and … environmental sectors. Unlike the wildfires in boreal forests of North America, land-based fires in Indonesia are man-made. Fire …

There are close to four hundred water utilities in Indonesia with varied performance and capacity but only around half … challenge to the operational efficiency of many of Indonesia's water utilities. This case study is part of a series prepared by …

The Country Opinion Survey in Indonesia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how … stakeholders in Indonesia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments …, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Indonesia on 1) their views regarding …