Designing Anti-Poverty Programs in Emerging Economies: Lessons from Indonesia 

LPEM FEB UI was established in 1953 by the late rofessor Sumitro Djojohadikusumo, at the time Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Universitas Indonesia. The late Professor Mohammad Sadli was it's director in 1957-1961. Today, LPEM undertakes research, consulting, and training to solve development problems for the benefit of Indonesian society. More information:https://www.lpem.org/Established in 1965, Indonesia Project at The Australian National University is a leading centre for research, policy development and graduate training in the Australia-Indonesia region. Over almost six decades the ANU Indonesia Project have built one of the largest networks of Indonesianists in the world and developed strong people-to-people links between Australia and Indonesia. More information:https://indonesia.crawford.anu.edu.au/

LPEM FEB UI and ANU Indonesia Project

This is a free public lecture. Space is very limited and registration is required.
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal">Designing Anti-Poverty Programs in Emerging Economies in the 21st Century: Lessons from Indonesia for the World</H2>
<H4>2019 Sadli Lecture by Professor Benjamin Olken </H4>
Governments of developing countries around the world have dramatically expanded social protection programs for the poor in recent decades. In doing so, they face a host of challenges in the targeting, design, and implementation of these programs. Professor Benjamin Olken will describe the results from more than a decade of collaboration with the Indonesian Government to understand how best to tackle these challenges, drawing primarily on evidence from randomized controlled trials. Professor Olken will highlight results that show the advantages of both community-based targeting and self-targeting, the importance of tangible information about beneficiaries’ rights in minimizing leakage, and the remarkable impacts of conditional cash transfers in the medium term. He will also describe several recent studies that use randomization at scale to generate policy-relevant evidence. The presentation is based on a forthcoming paper in the Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (BIES). 
Benjamin Olken is professor at the Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research interests focus on development economics in general and the political economies of developing countries (e.g. corruption) in particular. Geographically, a large part of his research is concentrated on Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia. Professor Olken leads the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), a research centre specialized on the use of randomized evaluations for the purpose of studying poverty alleviation, as one of its Directors.  
 
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal">About the Sadli Lecture</H2>
Since 2007, LPEM FEB UI and the ANU Indonesia Project have jointly organized the annual Sadli Lecture series to broaden understanding and stimulate debate among students, academics and policy makers of the key economic policy challenges faced by Indonesia, drawing on the experience of neighbouring countries. It is named in honour of the late Professor Mohammad Sadli who was one of Indonesia's most influential commentators on economic affairs during his lifetime. Now in its 13th year, the annual Lecture is based on a commissioned paper on Indonesia in comparative economic perspective, published each year in the Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies.
Program
08:30 – 09:00 Registration and light breakfast
09:00 – 09:20 Welcoming remarks 
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<LI>Professor Ari Kuncoro, Dean, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia (FEB UI)</LI>
<LI>Dr Firman Witoelar Kartaadipoetra, ANU Indonesia Project</LI>
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09:20 – 09:40 Keynote remarks by Professor Mohamad Ikhsan, FEB UI
09:40 – 10:30 Lecture: “Designing Anti-Poverty Programs in Emerging Economies in the 21st Century: Lessons from Indonesia for the World”
Professor Benjamin Olken, MIT Department of Economics and The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab/J-PAL 
Chair: Dr Arie Damayanti, LPEM FEB UI 
10:30 – 11:00 Discussants
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<LI>Dr Riatu Qibthiyyah, LPEM FEB UI</LI>
<LI>Dr Firman Witoelar Kartaadipoetra, ANU Indonesia Project</LI>
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11:00 – 12:00 Question & Answer Session
12:00 – 14:00 Seminar closed, lunch
*No certificate will be provided for attendance.

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