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Indonesia is growing fast, so is the demand for social welfare: but is evidence keeping pace?

Written by Arnaldo Pellini

'We often assume that policy and political decisions move fast and by instinct, while the research evidence moves slowly. Yet policy makers are under constant pressure to mange the agenda they have promised to implement. How does that fit with the time required to generate empirical evidence to inform the policies they put in place?'