SurveyMETER and Centre for Aging Studies at the University of Indonesia conducted an assessment of age-friendly city in 2013. Several months later, the dissemination of the result was done in the sample cities including Balikpapan. It was inspiring the emerging of Balikpapan’s declaration to become age-friendly city in June 2015 in accordance with the Rencana Aksi Daerah (RAD or regional action plan) Balikpapan Becoming age-friendly City by 2015-2030.

How this study can inspire policy in Balikpapan fast? SurveyMETER investigated it through an episode study. The result can be downloaded here.

The Millennium Challenge Corporation contracted with Mathematica Policy Research to conduct a rigorous randomized evaluation of the Indonesian Community-Based Health and Nutrition to Reduce Stunting Project, also known as the Nutrition Project, to understand the project’s effects on stunting and related key maternal and child health outcomes. The baseline report presents the results of the study’s baseline data collection that took place between November 2014 and February 2015 and has two key objectives. The first is to confirm the randomized design of the evaluation by demonstrating equivalence across the treatment and control subdistricts (kecamatan). The second is to describe conditions at baseline and provide Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and Millennium Challenge Account-Indonesia (MCA-I) with information that could improve the design and implementation of project activities.

The following is a soft copy of the study report prepared in March 2016:

https://www.mathematica-mpr.com/our-publications-and-findings/publications/mcc-indonesia-nutrition-project-impact-evaluation-baseline-report

In the end of 2012, SurveyMETER participated in Local Government Capacity Survey (LGCS). SurveyMETER introduces its field study called Survei Kapasitas Pemerintah Daerah (KPEDA). This is an Endline study of Basic Education Capacity-Trust Fund (BEC-TF) evaluation firstly conducted in 2009.

This study was supported by World Bank, European Union, Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Ministry of National Education Indonesia. This study was conducted by re-visiting 50 districts/cities samples in 9 provinces (worked in partnership with BEC-TF Program) to find out local capacity improvement after BEC-TF assessment. This evaluation study focuses on 5 strategic fields: Transparency and Accountability, Standardization on Education Service, Management Control System, Information Management System, and Efficiency in Utilizing Resources.  

The following soft copy link of study report published on October 2013:

http://www.indonesia-investments.com/upload/documenten/world-bank-local-governance-and-education-performance-indonesia-investments.pdf

From September to October 2014, SurveyMETER conducted a Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Study in Indonesia. This study is a collaboration with SurveyMETER, Burnet Institute, WaterAid, Alliance of Independent Youth with support from UNICEF. The study areas are located in 8 regencies/cities in 4 provinces, namely Papua (Boven Digoel Regency, Jayapura City), East Nusa Tenggara (Daya Regency, Kupang City), South Sulawesi (Selayar Islands Regency, Makassar City), and East Java (Trenggalek Regency). , City of Madiun).

The aim is to improve the management of menstrual hygiene for young women in Indonesia. The purpose of the study is to understand practice, its determinants and their impact on girls attending school, and to identify key targets for interventions to improve policies and programs especially in the school environment.

This study was conducted in schools in parallel with mixed methods. Qualitative studies were conducted using Focus Group Discussions (FGD) methods and in-depth interviews. Quantitative studies were carried out by using questionnaires on students at school and school observation. The informants for this study were school principals/teachers, female students, male students, health workers (midwives/health workers at the health center), and female parents around the school. The following is a report on the results (English version) of the study.

https://www.burnet.edu.au/system/asset/file/2034/2015_Menstrual_hygiene_management_Indonesia_FINAL_REPORT_February_2015_low_res.pdf

In mid-2011, SurveyMETER was involved in the Urban PNPM Evaluation Study or the Urban Poverty Program (UPP) at the recommendation of the RAND Corporation. Funding for this study was made possible through the PNPM Support Facility (PSF). SurveyMETER's involvement is as management of field work with the coordinator of Ms. Bondan Sikoki SE MA, Dr. Ni Wayan Suriastini MPhil, and Dani Alfah S. Sos, MPA. Study samples were taken based on the locations of the Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS), namely 13 villages (Triharjo, Karo, East Cengkareng, Tambakrejo, Pancuran Gerobak, Astana, Kauman, Lirboyo, Antang, Ngestiharjo, Wiroborang, Rantepao, Hulu Banteng Lor) based on three welfare index classifications (high, medium, low) from 11 districts / cities (Kulon Progo, Pematang Siantar, West Jakarta, Surabaya, Sibolga, Cirebon, Surakarta, Kediri, Ujung Pandang, Probolinggo, and Tana Toraja) in 7 provinces ( North Sumatra, DKI Jakarta, West Java, East Java, Central Java, DI Yogyakarta, and South Sulawesi) were taken as study samples.

This division was chosen to achieve appropriate geographical representation, based on both the urban population and the allocation of PNPM-Urban funds in all of these regions. The study was conducted by conducting FGDs in sample villages / kelurahan and in-depth interviews with stakeholders from the SKPD and PNPM Urban program implementers in the sample districts / cities. The study report in the form of an English version of the Policy Note issued in January 2013 can then be accessed at the following link:

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/16301/798950WP0Urban0Box0379795B00PUBLIC0.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y