The Effects of Indonesia's Conditional Cash Transfer Program

Thursday, May 8, 2014
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
(Pacific)
Philippines Conference Room Encina Hall 3rd Floor Central 616 Serra Street, Stanford University
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This study analyzes the effects of Indonesia's conditional cash transfer program on the local health care market in terms of price, utilization, and quality of care. The CCT program is associated with increased delivery fees and increased utilization of prenatal care and trained attendants for delivery assistance. Consequently, program participants experience improvements in prenatal care quality. 

Margaret Triyana is the Asia Health Policy Post-doctoral fellow. Her main interests are inequality and human capital investments, particularly early health investments in developing countries.