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.

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Payment Method(s): 
Total Individuals:
800,000

Program Details

Target Population: Poorest Households


Year Program Started: 2007

Program Status: Active

Payment and Delivery Details

Average Annual Payment in Dollars: 
$150.81

Frequency of Payment: 

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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Did You Know?

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.