BLT Temporary Unconditional Cash Transfer

The Bantuan Langsung Tunai (BLT) program had a clear and modest objective: supplement consumption for poor households facing unprecedented price increases. In 2005 subsidy cuts raised household fuel prices by an average of over 125 percent with 88,...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Jakarta 2017
Subjects:	ADMINISTRATIVE COST ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR BIASES BLT BUSINESS CAPITAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES CAPITA EXPENDITURE CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY HEALTH CONFLICT CORRELATES OF POVERTY CORRUPTION COST EFFECTIVENESS COST OF ACCESS CREDIT CRUNCH DEBT DISABLED DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS DISTRICT LEVEL DISTRICTS EARNINGS ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC SURVEY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPOWERMENT ENROLLMENT EPIDEMICS EQUALITY EXCHANGE RATES EXCLUSION EXPENDITURE FEMALE FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL MARKETS FOOD BASKET FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD ITEMS FOOD PRICES FOOD SECURITY GOVERNMENT POLICY HEALTH INSURANCE HOME IMPROVEMENTS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLD-LEVEL INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME SUPPORT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTALLMENTS INTERVENTIONS LABOR MARKETS LOANS FOR ENTREPRENEURS MALNUTRITION MICRO LOANS NEIGHBORHOODS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS PHYSICAL CAPITAL POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR HOUSEHOLD POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES PUBLIC WORKS RECEIPT RECESSION RESERVE ACCOUNTS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM SAFETY SAFETY NET SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOLARSHIP SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL WELFARE SOURCE OF INFORMATION TARGETING TRANSFER AMOUNTS UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION URBAN AREAS VILLAGE VILLAGE LEVEL VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WELFARE INDICATORS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/652291468039239723/Bantuan-Langsung-Tunai-BLT-temporary-unconditional-cash-transfer http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26698

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Summary:	The Bantuan Langsung Tunai (BLT) program had a clear and modest objective: supplement consumption for poor households facing unprecedented price increases. In 2005 subsidy cuts raised household fuel prices by an average of over 125 percent with 88, 186, and 105 percent increases in gasoline, kerosene, and solar (diesel) fuels respectively. BLT, a direct cash transfer in four installments over one year, funded from the implied budgetary savings from subsidy reductions, was in many respects the most significant Government of Indonesia (GOI) response to these programmed increases in fuel prices. It was targeted to the poor households who were benefiting least from the old subsidy regime and most at risk from the negative impacts on consumption from price increases. A mostly-similar BLT was introduced again in 2008 when international crises in both financial markets and in food prices combined with another domestic reduction to fuel subsidies. BLT provided just-in-time cash assistance to households affected by an economic shock. BLT added cash amounts to a household's budget equal to approximately 15 percent of regular expenditures in 2005. These transfers were more than enough to cover increased expenditure on fuels. Benefits continued for one year as shocks from government policy reverberated through the rest of the macro-economy, allowing beneficiaries time to readjust spending patterns to new relative prices.

BLT Temporary Unconditional Cash Transfer

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