Managing risks: what do poor households in Yogyakarta do to smooth their consumption?

Managing risks: what do poor households in Yogyakarta do to smooth their consumption?

2009

Southeast Asia

Indonesia

This study will explore the practice of poor people in Yogyakarta, Indonesia to protect against theft, fraud and other form of risk. Although the underlying protection processes are similar, the ways in which household smooth consumption are highly contextual, i.e. depend on the particular institutional, social and economic context they live in. Specifically, the study will describe what practice commonly observed in the poor household to protect against theft, fraud, and other form of risk; what type of assets held; and analyze factors determine the type of assets held. This research improves our understanding on the income and consumption smoothing behavior of the poor.

Catur Sugiyanto, Sri Yani Kusumastuti, Duddy Roesmara Donna

Catur Sugiyanto has his PhD in Agricultural Economics University of Illinois, UIUC, USA in 2001, received his MA in Economics University of Alberta, Canada in 1992. He is currently Senior Researcher, Center for Economic and Public Policy Studies, Gadjah Mada University and associate professor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Gadjah Mada University.

Sri Yani Kusumastuti is currently a doctorate student in the doctoral program in Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. She received her Magister Science (MSi), Graduate Program in Economics and Development Studies, Faculty of Economics and Business, Gadjah Mada University, in 1995.

Duddy Roesmara Donna has a Master?s degree Master of Science in Economics from Gadjah Mada University in 2006. His major was Islamic Banking. He is currently a researcher and trainer at Center of Economic and Public Policy (PSE-KP UGM) Gadjah Mada University.