Indonesia

The Indonesian government, through National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) and with technical support from the World Bank, has asked Lembaga Penelitian, Pendidikan... Show More + dan Penerangan Ekonomi dan Sosial (LP3ES) to conduct an independent evaluation in order to determine the effectiveness of poverty reduction programs carried out by related ministries, notably in the infrastructure sector that are implemented with community-based approaches. There are at least 14 large scale programs identified, 3 of which are rural infrastructure programs as follows: Firstly, the community and district government empowerment program (P2PMD), which include investment loans for reducing the impacts of the economic crisis and the improvement of the capacity of village institutions and the district government through the development and reparation of infrastructure and facilities managed by Bappenas. Secondly, the program for increasing and improving village infrastructure (PPIP), which is the continuation of Studi Evaluasi Pelaksanaan Program Kompensasi Pengurangan Subsidi Bahan Bakar Minyak Bidang Infrastruktur Pedesaan (PKPS-BBM IP) that aims to improve the welfare of the village people through the improvement of people's accesses to basic infrastructure service. This program is carried out by the ministry of public works. Thirdly, the community empowerment for village development program (PMPD), which is directed to reduce the poverty among people who live around growth centers through the development of infrastructure and economic enterprises in the framework of the inter-linkages between villages and cities. Show Less -

The survey itself was intended to provide measure for governance and service delivery that has not been covered in other surveys as part of Indonesia’s statistical system... Show More + (e.g., National Socio-Economic Household Survey, SUSENAS or Village Potential Statistics, PODES). GDS 2 provides measure for access, quality, responsiveness/complaints mechanisms, and satisfaction, as it covers households, schools and clinics, as well as district, village and hamlet level officials. The survey was executed as the sequel of a preliminary survey, the GDS 1+, which was fielded at 32 districts on May-June 2004 World Bank (2005).2 Given that the 2001 decentralization emphasized at the district level, GDS also tries to capture diversity across districts as one of its important focus. Furthermore, the survey designed as a baseline for several ADB, GTZ and World Bank donor projects, which attempts to improve governance and service delivery at the district level. Show Less -