UNFPA Indonesia: Population-Poverty Network

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76135471311616226332011-06-08T13:13:10.287+07:00UNFPA Indonesia: Population-Poverty NetworkThis is an official blog of the UNFPA 7th Country Programme of Assistance to INDONESIA (2006-2010).UNFPA Indonesiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07668543851707175750noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613547131161622633.post-76673768780098641722008-07-07T22:24:00.000+07:002008-07-07T22:25:12.457+07:00Malnutrition in Indonesia linked to decline in breastfeeding

Asia News NetworkFirst Posted 17:41:00 07/07/2008JAKARTA -- A decline in breastfeeding practice in Indonesia is one of the primary causes of the rise in child malnutrition in the country, a UN official said.Head of the health and nutrition section at Unicef Indonesia, Anne H. Vincent, said that in 2007 only 7.2 percent of children in the country were breastfed exclusively until the age of six

UNFPA Indonesiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07668543851707175750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613547131161622633.post-31184005772173453652008-04-18T23:30:00.003+07:002008-04-18T23:37:12.506+07:002nd International Conference on RH Management

More than a decade after the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo and eight years in pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), many public, civil society and private development organizations have already accumulated a wealth of experience in managing the implementation of reproductive health (RH) interventions to achieve results and create impact in

UNFPA Indonesiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07668543851707175750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613547131161622633.post-79670465113927421192007-10-13T00:52:00.000+07:002007-10-13T00:55:33.589+07:00Indonesia maintains polygamy restrictions

JAKARTA -- Indonesia's constitutional court on Wednesday rejected a high-profile request to scrap restrictions on polygamy filed by a lawyer who argued that it ran counter to the teachings of Islam."We reject the demand of the plaintiff," constitutional court chairman Jimly Asshiddiqie said, reading the verdict in a case that has grabbed headlines and stoked debate across Indonesia.He said

UNFPA Indonesiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07668543851707175750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613547131161622633.post-91525402139346366272007-08-12T05:45:00.001+07:002007-08-12T07:42:23.397+07:00Dialogue with Professor Muhammad Yunus

Prof Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize awardee had a 3 hour discussion with the heads of UN agencies, NGOs and the Media in Indonesia held in the UN Building last August 10, 2007. He is in Jakarta on a five-day state visit at the invitation of the President of Indonesia. Prof Yunus shared with us his story of the Grameen Bank--how he started with US$27 as

UNFPA Indonesiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07668543851707175750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613547131161622633.post-19094656416444646712007-08-06T11:29:00.000+07:002007-08-06T11:34:14.869+07:00GM crops can help achieve UN Millenium Dev’t Goals

Culled from The Philippine StarBy Rudy A. FernandezSunday, August 5, 2007 JAKARTA — Genetically modified (GM) crops can help humankind attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) set by the United Nations, it was asserted here recently by an internationally known research administrator.“By far, the most important potential contribution of biotech crops will be their contribution to the

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How costly is it to achieve the MDG of halving poverty by 2015?

UNFPA Indonesiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07668543851707175750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613547131161622633.post-84570489569041083852007-05-08T15:44:00.000+07:002007-05-14T21:30:29.850+07:00Narrowing the GAP between the rich and the poor

How did Indonesia narrow the poor rich gap in the use of the delivery services by professional attendants?A recent study conducted by IMMPACT demonstrated that deployment of large number of village midwives (Bidan di desa) during 1991-97 in Indonesia resulted in major increase in the attendance of deliveries by medically trained professionals. The most remarkable finding is that the women of the

UNFPA Indonesiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07668543851707175750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613547131161622633.post-91970866767091864252007-05-08T15:43:00.001+07:002007-05-08T15:43:33.383+07:00How do we ensure social protection for the poorest?

UNFPA Indonesiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07668543851707175750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613547131161622633.post-74963105678391372732007-05-08T15:42:00.000+07:002007-05-14T21:31:18.858+07:00How many are poor in Indonesia?

The number of poor people currently living in Indonesia varies depending on the definition we use. According the Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS) there were 39 Million People living below the national poverty line in 2006. This number increases to 116 Million if the poverty line is set at US$2 day. However, the number of poor is only 16 Million if the poverty line is

UNFPA Indonesiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07668543851707175750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613547131161622633.post-67544435350847858092007-05-08T15:37:00.000+07:002007-05-08T18:58:07.799+07:00Micro-credit

Does micro-credit help empower women?How does micro-credit improve access of women to reproductive health services and information?Does conditional cash transfer work for increased access to reproductive health services?

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How does population matters for poverty reduction?What evidence do we have?

UNFPA Indonesiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07668543851707175750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613547131161622633.post-16392552930306238862007-05-08T15:22:00.000+07:002007-05-14T21:32:56.170+07:00Pro-poor

What is pro-poor economic growth?Currently two school of thoughts dominate the literature: The first school of thought define pro-poor growth as any distributional shifts in economic growth that favors the poor, i.e., poverty falls more than it would have if all incomes had grown at the same rate (Baulch & McCullock 2000; Kakwani & Pernia 2000).The second school of thought argues that a 'growth

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What is poverty?What are the dimensions of poverty?

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