Support for Economic Analysis Development in Indonesia, 2011-2013

Under the USAID-funded Support for Economic Analysis Development in Indonesia (SEADI) Project, Nathan Associates is supporting the Government of Indonesia in improving laws, policies, regulations, and procedures or practices related to

• Nonbank financial institutions,
• Labor markets,
• Poverty reduction, and
• The environment for business, trade, and investment.

Assistance is channeled through three project components:

• Economic analysis in support of development goals
• Training, workshops, and seminars
• Grants for public-private partnerships that support economic analysis and capacity development.

Our experts respond to the government’s requests for assistance in grappling with economic policies affecting economic growth, job creation, and poverty reduction while building the capacity of institutions to analyze and formulate policy. So far, we’ve worked on

• Policies affecting the growth of the pension and insurance industries,
• Improvements in the regulation of the nonbank financial sector,
• The use of models in analyzing the impact of economic policies on the poor, and
• The promotion of trade through trade agreements. 

SEADI is also sponsoring graduate-level study in the United States for up to 20 Indonesians and has started its grant program to build the capacity of research centers and think tanks to provide economic analysis to the government and advocate for policy reform.

Nathan Associates and its partner, the Boston Institute for Developing Economies, are working closely with counterparts in the Government of Indonesia, including the Ministry of Trade, National Development Planning Agency, Capital Market and Financial Institutions Supervisory Agency, and the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction.

For more information about the SEADI project, please visit USAID's project website.

Contacts
Tim Buehrer, Chief of Party
Michael Blackman, Project Director
Pooja Pokhrel, Deputy Project Director