In response to the economic crisis which began in mid 1997, the government of Indonesia established a series of new and expanded programs. These programs are widely known as the "Social Safety Net" or "JPS" programs, an acronym of its Indonesian name "Jaring Pengaman Sosial". The programs were intended to help protect the traditionally poor and newly poor suffering from the crisis in three areas: ensuring the availability of food at affordable prices for the poor, supplementing purchasing power among poor households (HHs) through employment creation, and preserving access of the poor to critical social services such as health and education. This note is a preliminary evaluation of how effective the JPS programs have been in achieving their purpose of helping the poor and the needy to cope with the crisis impacts. This is done by assessing the coverage of the programs among the pooor as well as how the benefits of the programs have been distributed between the poor and the non-poor.
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Length: 40 pages Date of creation: Aug 1999 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:eab:develo:118
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