Poverty and Inequality in Indonesia - by Sutyastie S.M. and Prijono Tjiptoherijanto

However the crisis squeezing the Indonesian economy in the mid 1997, following the long drought during the year, has been adversely affecting the overall macroeconomic condition, and most importantly people’s welfare. The number of people living in poverty is believed to increase drastically. The readily available contemporary data from the result of the 1998 SUSENAS-type suggests a substantial increase in poverty incidence from the pre-crisis period (1996) to the end of 1999.