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Indonesia’s social protection system has played a central role in reducing poverty and cushioning economic shocks—including those from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic—over nearly 30 years of expansion since the Asian financial crisis.
This article analyses the dynamics of resource governance at the village level in Indonesia. It pays attention to the way the ideology of the Joko Widodo (Jokowi) administration shaped participatory governance policy as an instrument of achieving national interests.
Chapter 14 analyzes Indonesia’s progress and challenges in reducing poverty and inequality to achieve the Golden Indonesia Vision 2045. While national poverty rates have declined significantly over the past 2 decades, inequality remains entrenched, with sharp regional disparities.
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The climate crisis has become an ongoing reality that increasingly pressures people’s lives, particularly vulnerable urban groups who simultaneously face ecological, social, and economic risks. However, formal state-led responses remain far from adequate, leaving many communities to confront multiple forms of vulnerability on their own.

