In 2013 Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country, declared that it would provide
affordable health care for all its citizens within seven years. This crystallised an ambition first …

The paper examines social protection programmes for the poor, aged and sick in Indonesia
and the Philippines with the purpose of assessing their performance in effectively protecting …

This paper examines the ways in which discourses of food security and food sovereignty are
articulated in Indonesia, exploring their emergence within particular historical episodes and …

Place-based policies target specific geographic areas for special treatment. They attempt to
stimulate growth and development in lagging regions by (1) attracting firms,(2) attracting …

Developing countries are increasingly moving to unified targeted systems to better identify
the poor and improve their outcomes. While social programs are nearly always delivered …

The combination of rapid economic growth and urbanization, market dependency for food
purchases, disposal of a significant portion of income to obtain food, and diverse dietary …

Names: Aspalter, Christian, editor. Title: The Routledge international handbook to welfare
state systems: towards global social policy science/edited by Christian Aspalter. Description …

ABSTRACT A systematic understanding of how patrimonial state contributes to the wider-
ranging role on a series of welfare configurations in Asia is still lacking. This article …

While the debate on universal healthcare coverage (UHC) often focuses on policy
prescription and technical issues, the expansion of access to healthcare in developing …

Supermarkets are leading the transformation of food markets in Asia, yet few studies have
examined the impact of this so-called supermarket revolution on diet transition and the …