JSLU, JSPACA, PKSA : Cash and In-Kind Transfers for At-Risk Youth, the Disabled, and Vulnerable Elderly
Direct cash transfers for vulnerable elderly and disabled populations have been provided by the Ministry of Social Welfare (Kementerian Sosial, Kemensos) since 2006; a similar cash transfer for at-risk youth was inaugurated in 2009. The Government...
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World Bank, Jakarta
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/199371468042237781/JSLU-JSPACA-PKSA-cash-and-in-kind-transfers-for-at-risk-youth-the-disabled-and-vulnerable-elderly http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26693 |
| Summary: | Direct cash transfers for vulnerable
elderly and disabled populations have been provided by the
Ministry of Social Welfare (Kementerian Sosial, Kemensos)
since 2006; a similar cash transfer for at-risk youth was
inaugurated in 2009. The Government of Indonesia's
(GoI) pro-poor development initiatives, international
agreements and domestic laws and regulations, and
considerable experience delivering more general social
assistance programs led to the creation of cash transfers
for these historically neglected and difficult-to-reach
groups. These programs Jaminan Sosial Lanjut Usia (JSLU),
Jaminan Sosial Paca Berat (JSPACA), and program
Kesejahteraan Sosial Anak (PKSA) for the elderly, disabled,
and youth respectively transfer cash directly to
beneficiaries. They account for increasing shares of the
Kemensos overall budget, but subsidies directed to care and
rehabilitation facilities as well as direct provision of
institutional care still account for a noticeable portion of
the Kemensos budget for these groups. Program support
operations socialization and outreach; allocation, targeting
and prioritization; monitoring and evaluation; and
complaints and grievances have very small budgets and depend
crucially on cooperation and enthusiasm from local
governments and facilitators. A full range of safeguarding
activities is spelled out in program guidelines but these
have not been institutionalized at the local implementation
level. There is variation in the content, methods,
frequency, completion rates, and outcomes in all
safeguarding activities, and no easy-to-use reporting
process that would ensure information from implementation
level reaches the central funding and policy agency,
Kemensos. The note summarizes quantitative and qualitative
evidence in order to build a sound foundation for evaluating
the cash transfer programs JSLU, JSPACA, and PKSA provided
by Kemensos. The evidence on which the evaluation is based
here is composed primarily of first-hand observation of the
programs in operation. Where possible information collected
from administrative records, including monitoring and
evaluation reports, and from Kemensos itself, is summarized.
Design features, efficiency and effectiveness of program
implementation and operation, and impacts (intended or not)
the program produces for beneficiaries are all analyzed in
as much detail as possible. Current policy planning within
Kemensos assumes expansion of these programs in the coming
years, so an evaluation of the programs' features is
relevant for Indonesian policymakers and stakeholders. |
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