This episode focuses on the impact that COVID-19 is having on children in Indonesia and how social protection can have a mitigating effect.

The conversation provides an in-depth analysis on the themes of a recent policy brief, “The impact of COVID-19 on child poverty and mobility in Indonesia” written in partnership with Development Pathways, the Fiscal Policy Agency and UNICEF Indonesia.

Featured in this episode are Bjorn Gelders, Senior Social Policy Specialist at Development Pathway; Ali Moechtar, Policy Analysist for the Ministry of Finance in Indonesia and Charlotte Lie-Piang from UNICEF Indonesia’s social policy team.