Indonesias Rising Divide

Indonesia's RIsIng dIvIde Was prepareD by the WorlD bank’s poverty global practIce team In the Jakarta offIce. The team, led by Vivi Alatas (Lead Economist, GPV02), provides technical and policy advice based on sound empirical research and analysis to the Government of Indonesia to support their efforts to reduce poverty, vulnerability, and inequality. Financial support for this report was provided by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through the trust fund for the Partnership for Knowledge-based Poverty Reduction. The trust fund is under the strategic oversight of Bambang Widianto, Executive Secretary of the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (Tim Nasional Percepatan Penanggulangan Kemiskinan, or TNP2K) and Rahma Iryantiof the National Development Planning Agency (Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Nasional, or Bappenas).