Organizer: Asia Health Policy Program, Stanford University

Lecture Series: Asia Health Policy Program (AHPP) 2021-22 Colloquium series "Aligning Incentives for Better Health and More Resilient Health Systems in Asia”

Description:

Dr. Vivi Alatas will discuss her research on promoting vaccination in Indonesia and the impact of the pandemic on Indonesia’s society and the economy more generally, including on poverty, human capital, and development.

Speaker: 

Vivi Alatas is an economist with a passion for evidence-based solutions. She is CEO of Asakreativita, a consulting and Edtech company that she established in 2020. Formerly she was a Lead Economist of the World Bank, where she led a team of seasoned local and international economists in producing several flagship reports for national and global audiences, including Targeting Poor and Vulnerable Households in Indonesia, Making Poverty Work in Indonesia, Indonesia’s Rising Divide, Indonesia Jobs Report, and Aspiring Indonesia – Expanding the Middle Class. She has presented various of these research findings to the President, Vice President, Ministers, and Deputy Ministers. She also has written several journal articles on poverty, inequality, and labor issues. Some of the papers were written in collaboration with Nobel Laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Angus Deaton (who was also her advisor at Princeton).

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