Beras untuk Rakyat Sejahtera or Rastra (Rice for the Prosperous Population)
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Programme type
Programme Details
Programme objectives
Addressing poor households' food insecurity
Start date
1998
World Bank. 2018. The 1.5 Billion People Question. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/27907/9781464810879.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y>. Accessed 11 May 2018.
Previous programme name (if any)
Rice for the Poor programme (Program Subsidi Beras Bagi Masyarakat Berpendapatan Rendah—Raskin programme); Operasi Pasar Khusus, OPK (Special Market Operations)
Coverage
15.5 million households (2016)
World Bank. 2017. "International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Program Appraisal Document on a Proposed Loan in the amount ff Us$200 Million to The Republic of Indonesia for a Social Assistance Reform Program”. <http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/353221496152466944/pdf/Program-Appraisal-Document-PAD-disclosable-version-P160665-2017-04-15-04202017.pdf>. Accessed 11 May 2018.
Programme expenditure
IDR22.5 trillion (2016)
World Bank. 2017. "International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Program Appraisal Document on a Proposed Loan in the amount ff Us$200 Million to The Republic of Indonesia for a Social Assistance Reform Program”. <http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/353221496152466944/pdf/Program-Appraisal-Document-PAD-disclosable-version-P160665-2017-04-15-04202017.pdf>. Accessed 11 May 2018.
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Proxy Means Test
Community-Based Targeting
Targeted areas
Nationwide
National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction. 2015. Raskin: The challenge of improving programme effectiveness. <http://www.tnp2k.go.id/images/uploads/downloads/TNP2K%20Report%20Raskin%20the%20challenge%20of%20improving%20programme%20effectiveness.pdf>. Accessed 18 January 2022.
Target groups
Poor households
National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction. 2015. Raskin: The challenge of improving programme effectiveness. <http://www.tnp2k.go.id/images/uploads/downloads/TNP2K%20Report%20Raskin%20the%20challenge%20of%20improving%20programme%20effectiveness.pdf>. Accessed 18 January 2022.
Eligibility criteria
Poor and vulnerable households identified via the Basis Data Terpadu (BDT— Unified Database)
World Bank. 2018. The 1.5 Billion People Question. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/27907/9781464810879.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y>. Accessed 11 May 2018.
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Food subsidy
Amount of benefits
15 kilograms of rice per month at a price of IDR1,600 per kilogram at the distribution point. In 2015, the amount of subsidy per kilo of rice was of IDR6,725
World Bank. 2018. The 1.5 Billion People Question. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/27907/9781464810879.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y>. Accessed 11 May 2018.
Payment/delivery frequency
Approximately 12 times per year
World Bank. 2018. The 1.5 Billion People Question. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/27907/9781464810879.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y>. Accessed 11 May 2018.
Personal communication
Benefit delivery mechanism
Badan Urusan Logistik (BULOG, State Logistics Board) transports rice from storage warehouses to distribution points and regional governments make the transfers from the distribution point to each target household. These transfers are made mostly by local work teams consisting of village officials or the heads of neighbourhood subdivisions, RTs (groups of neighbourhood households), RWs (groups of RTs), and hamlets. Work teams advise households to collect the rice at the local distribution centre using loudspeakers and word of mouth
Starting in 2018, the aim is to transfer the subsidy using the KKS card where families can buy goods from certain e-warungs and gradually transition 15.6 million Rastra household beneficiaries to BPNT (cash-less food assistance to 10 million housholds) and Bansos Rastra (rice assistance, 5.6 million households). BPNT provides rice and other staple foods, while Bansos Rastra will provide rice
World Bank. 2018. The 1.5 Billion People Question. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/27907/9781464810879.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y>. Accessed 11 May 2018.
Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and frequency
Programme oversight, reporting, monitoring and evaluation, and complaint handling are procedures carried out at all governance levels regularly
World Bank. 2018. The 1.5 Billion People Question. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/27907/9781464810879.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed=y>. Accessed 11 May 2018.
