Program Keluarga Harapan
The Program Keluarga Harapan guidelines state that the main goal of the programme is to improve the quality of human development, especially for children from poor families by requiring beneficiary families to ensure their children's education and health. Specifically, transfers of approximately USD 12.57 a month are provided in exchange for beneficiaries meeting basic health care requirements.
800,000
Program Details
Target Population: Poorest Households
Year Program Started: 2007
Program Status: Active
Payment and Delivery Details
Delivery Method: Electronic via Post Office
Payment Method(s): Cash via Cash
Payment & Delivery Description:
Benefit payments are to occur every three months on fixed days designated by the Indonesian Postal Service. Cash payments at local post offices are made to benificiaries.
Resources
Income Trasnfer for Poor people Driven by Communify for Better Health and Education in Indonesia: www.adb.org/documents/events/2009/high-level-social-assistance/S-Royat-P... Problems and Challenges for the Indonesian - Income Transfer Programme: www.socialprotectionasia.org/pdf/SMERU-SPA-WP04.pdf; Two Case Studies on Implementing the Indonesia Income Transfer Program: The pro-poor planning and budgeting project, Working Paper No. 5; PKH CCT World Bank Paper
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Despite the fact that the program technically qualifies as "electronic delivery", it is actually one step further removed from financial inclusion than many other programs, such as SESIP II, that pay beneficiaries into individual bank accounts but require them to withdraw all funds.