Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Priority
The International Setting The Public
Community
through media,
e.g., UN through the advocacy, policy briefs,
SDGs, ASEAN through shapes social
the AEC Blueprint, perceptions that signal
demands commitments issues that are
from countries to reach currently important.
specific goals.
TRADITIONAL RESEARCH IS
NOT THE ONLY TYPE OF
EVIDENCE
Blusukan
is also
evidence!
Systematic
Review
Randomized
Control Trial
Cohort Studies
External Parties
Internal Government
Research
Evidence
Ideology
Skills to & Values Political
Use Situation
Evidence
However policy making
Bureaucracy
Resources is a non-linear process.
Policy Estimation Research is often a
Makers small input as many
additional factors
Lobbyists Time influence the decisions
& Pressure Pressure of policy makers.
Groups
Habits &
Tradition Competing
Alternatives
YES, EVIDENCE MATTERS.
But, policy actors can look at the same
evidence and come up with different
conclusions based on their own ability,
ideology, and interest.
What to trust?
Actions are often taken based on what’s popular in the short term not on what
works in the medium and long-term.
NEVERTHELESS POLITICS IS NOT
THE ENEMY OF EVIDENCE BASED
POLICY MAKING
• Dismissing politics is impossible
as politics is the environmental
context in which policy is made.
Resources • Policy reforms require additional
Support
skills and capital beyond
Political Humility
Intelligence Patience
evidence production.
Analytical Networking
Skills
Persistence
Policy Politics
EXPERIENCE FROM
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
REFORM IN
INDONESIA
TNP2K BRIDGES RESEARCH AND POLICY
# Research:
Piloting and testing new approaches
Monitoring and evaluating program effectiveness
Collaborating with national and international experts
# Policy Reform:
Getting “buy-in” for evidence based reform initiatives
Supporting agencies responsible for implementing reform
Example:
Priority 1: Improving targeting performance of social programs
Priority 2: Improving benefits with the use of social protection cards
WHY TARGETING BECOMES A
PRIORITY?
Benefit Coverage by Decile Share of Benefits Received by Decile
100 25
Non-target Target Non-target
Target
80 20
Percentage Receiving Benefits
40 10
20 5
0 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Household Per Capita Consumption Decile Household Per Capita Consumption Decile
2 Community-based Targeting
3 Self-targeting
EVIDENCE SHOWS …
Bidding Monitoring
Results*
Raskin Card + Raskin Card + Monitoring Bidding
standard soc. enhanced soc. treatment treatment
Evaluation Implementation
Government
(Central/Local)
Evaluation Findings
Replications/
Scale ups
based on
Multi/Bi Lateral Evidence
Institutions & CSOs
Donors
Research
Institutions Ongoing monitoring & Evaluation
FOR POLICY MAKERS
1 Master basic analytical skills.
2 Be selective with your evidence.
3 Be creative in addressing practical challenges (such as
time constraints, political bargain).
4 Carefully consider the program’s scalability.
5 Avoid a one-size-fits-all mindset.
6 Invest in in-house research capacities.
FOR KNOWLEDGE
PRODUCERS
1 Build a reputation by always providing reliable research.
2 Be humble; being smart is not enough.
3 Be politically sensitive by knowing the ‘Indonesian way’.
4 Ask the right questions and understand the big picture.
5 Include government early on, if possible from the design phase, to help
identify analytical needs and implementation challenges.
6 Frequent coordinations with all stakeholders, especially high ranking
policy makers.
7 Wet apetitite for policy input by making research easy to understand
and relevant.
8 Incorporate government internal knowledge/data.
THANK YOU, AND
LET’S GET TO WORK!