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Tuesday, 26 November 2024. Human capital formation in the context of poverty alleviation and higher education expansion
This seminar explores how human capital development impacts poverty reduction and social integration in Indonesia, focusing on the role of education. Topics include the need for improved educational quality to alleviate poverty and how higher education expansion promotes inter-ethnic marriages, fostering economic and social [...]
Past seminars – links to videos and slides
[Forum Kajian Pembangunan hosted by by Bank Indonesia Institute] Advancing the frontiers of monetary policy and its application in Indonesia
On Monday, 17 June 2019 Bank Indonesia Institute hosted the first FKP event of the month. Sharing his 25 years of experience working with central banks, Douglas Laxton (NOVA School of Business and Economics Portugal and former IMF economist) discussed the many dimensions of inflation targeting and its application in [...]
[FKP hosted by LPEM FEB UI] Understanding Barriers to Access Training among Poor and Vulnerable Youths
Indonesia’s upcoming demographic dividend, which refers to the change in the age structure of a country's population that is characterized by the bigger share of the working-age population than that of the non-working age counterparts, opens the window of opportunity to increase the nation’s per capita income and savings, which [...]
[FKP hosted by LPEM FEB UI] Internal Migration-Induced Drop-out and Child Employment in Indonesia
The migration of a household member and its impacts on left-behind children has been a common topic in many previous studies. However, most of them did not utilize longitudinal datasets in their analysis. As a response to this issue, Muhammad Hanri (LPEM FEB UI) used panel data to conduct a [...]
[FKP hosted by LPEM FEB UI] Risks, Resilience, and Reforms: Indonesia’s Financial System in 2019
Despite many hurdles and challenges such as the financial crises in the late 90s and 2007-2008 and the taper tantrum in 2013, Indonesian economy has constantly managed to prevail. However, significant risks still remain. On Thursday, 16 May 2019, Febrio Kacaribu (LPEM FEB UI) presented his paper assessing Indonesia’s current [...]
[FKP hosted by LPEM FEB UI] The growth of social protection in Indonesia
Since the financial crisis in the late 1990s, the government of Indonesia has introduced a number of social protection programs to protect the poor and vulnerable. On Tuesday, 14 May 2019 Professor Anne Booth (SOAS, University of London) and Moh. Raden Purnagunawan (TNP2K) presented their article on the matter at [...]
4th Thee Kian Wie Lecture – Future Prospects and Challenges of Indonesia’s Economy
Heading into the second term of Joko Widodo’s administration, this year’s Thee Kian Wie Lecture series discussed the future prospects and challenges of Indonesia’s economy. Entering its fourth year, the Thee Kian Wie Lecture series was hosted by the Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) on Tuesday, 30 April 2019. The [...]
[FKP hosted by LIPI] Peran Fintech Bagi UMKM: Peluang dan Tantangan
On Thursday, 4 April 2019, The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) hosted the first FKP seminar of the month, which included presentations on two topics: 1) the challenges and opportunities of financial technology (fintech) for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and 2) the effects of cash transfer program for poor [...]
[FKP hosted by Lembaga Demografi FEB UI] Choice vs. Necessity: Drivers’ Motivations behind Joining GO-JEK and Impacts on Drivers’ Reported Wellbeing
Technological innovations have digitalized traditional ojek (i.e. motorcycle taxi) in Indonesia, as shown by the rapid development of GO-JEK. Despite providing thousands of job opportunities, GO-JEK often face criticisms, which often come from the drivers themselves. Paksi C.K. Walandouw and Cara Riantoputra (both of Lembaga Demografi FEB UI) presented their [...]
[FKP hosted by Center for Indonesian Policy Studies] Food Trade Policy and Stunting in Indonesia
In recent years, the issue of stunting has been gaining public attention in Indonesia. To get a more holistic view on the matter, on Wednesday, 20 March 2019, Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS) hosted the first FKP of the month, which discusses the topic of nutrition from an economic [...]
[FKP hosted by BI Institute] Big Data Based Peer to Peer Lending (P2PL) FinTech Surveillance System through Utilization of Google Play’s Review
The development of financial technologies has made financial services more accessible to people who were previously deemed unbankable. On the other hand, the lack of barriers to entry has led to a flood of illegal agents, who have been found to cause harm by their inappropriate debt collection method and [...]
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