Note: This event will take place at 5:30 PM PT.
Apart from the 1998 Asian Financial Crisis (AFC), the current COVID-19 economic crisis is Indonesia’s most serious economic calamity in half a century with adverse impact. By the end of 2020, it is expected that poverty rates will increase above 10%, wiping out two years of Indonesia’s poverty alleviation achievements. Over the past two decades, Indonesia has significantly expanded its social protection programs and coverage, but the COVID-19 crisis is pushing the system to its limits. Insufficient data on vulnerable Indonesians coupled with response programs with complicated delivery and eligibility mechanisms has made it challenging to deliver response-focused social protection. In this webinar, Dr. Sudarno Sumarto will discuss whether the current social protection system is strong enough to weather the storm, especially to protect those working in the informal sector and marginal groups.
Sudarno Sumarto is an economist specializing in poverty reduction, social protection, labor, health, education and political economy of public policy implementation. Before joining the TNP2K, he was previously a visiting scholar at the Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center (APARC) at Stanford University as well as Founder and Executive Director of The SMERU Research Institute. Well-versed in leading large-scale research projects, Sudarno also provides intellectual leadership to Indonesia’s RISE country team.
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