19 Sep 2016

Dr Riyana Miranti's Lecture on Evaluating Effectiveness of Targeting: Lessons from Social Protection Programs Aimed to Children

Dr Riyana Miranti, a Senior Research Fellow at the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) at the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis (IGPA), University of Canberra, was in Jakarta in July 2016, and gave a lecture to alumni and awardees on “Evaluating effectiveness of targeting: Lessons from social protection programs aimed to children”. Watch her full lecture in this video.

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