Toke: Rural Economic Institution in Indonesia

Saving mother's lives in rural Indonesia.

Rural Electrification in China: History and Institution

China has been highly successful in electrifying rural areas in the past half century. Institutional structure and its reform are important for investment and, therefore, development of rural electrification. Over time, there have been three major institutional changes initiated by the central government;When the People’s Republic was founded in 1949, it was short of capital, technology and man...

The economic burden of tuberculosis in Indonesia.

SETTING Indonesia has a high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) and is one of the 22 countries with the highest TB burdens in the world. OBJECTIVE To understand the economic burden of TB in Indonesia. DESIGN TB data for 2015 were combined with cost data using a simple type of cost-benefit analysis in a decision tree model to show the economic burden under different scenarios. RESULTS In Indo...

Causes of low vision and blindness in rural Indonesia.

AIM To determine the prevalence rates and major contributing causes of low vision and blindness in adults in a rural setting in Indonesia METHODS A population based prevalence survey of adults 21 years or older (n=989) was conducted in five rural villages and one provincial town in Sumatra, Indonesia. One stage household cluster sampling procedure was employed where 100 households were random...

Economic Value Estimation of Mangrove Ecosystems in Indonesia

Indonesia has a huge potential of mangrove resources. In 2010, the mangrove area was 5,209,543.16 hectares and the area was decline rapidly to 2,496,185 hectares in 2016. This figure shows depletion and degradation of mangrove ecosystem and therefore, the capacities to supply human needs are decline because of the intense pressure from many activities in the development of coastal zone. The dat...