Paper Awards

2025 WINNERS OF IRSA BEST PAPERS

Recipients of the 2025 IRSA-SMI Institute Paper Awards:

  • Eko Budi Santoso, An Nisaa Siti Humaira, Aida Fitri Larasati (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember) for their paper: “Prioritization of Road and Bridge Infrastructure Improvement in Kediri District through Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA)”.
  • Achmad Rifa’i (Universitas Terbuka), Muhamad Fickri Ramadhan (Bappenas) for their paper: “An Initial Assessment of 3 Million Housing Project: Economy-Wide Impact Approach”.

2024 WINNERS OF IRSA BEST PAPERS

Recipients of the 2024 IRSA-SMI Institute Paper Awards:

  • Denny Riezki Pratama (Kyushu University) for his paper: “No Easy Harvest: Resource Extraction, Changing Ecologies and The Water Struggle of Small Farmers in Kutai Timur, Indonesia”.
  • Udin Suchaini, I Kadek Dede Dwipayana and Suci Ayu Lestari (BPS) for their paper: “Evaluation of Village Index in Relation to Poverty Alleviation”.
  • Dhaniel Ilyas (Universitas Indonesia) for his paper: “Urban Density and Commuting in Jakarta Greater Area: City Spatial Planning to Promote Institutional and Local Economic Growth”.

Recipients of the 2024 IRSA-BKF Paper Awards:

  • Dyah Wulan Sari, Widya Sylviana, Haura Azzahra Tarbiyah Islamiya, Andi Faisal Anwar, Selvi Wahyunia and Aminata Silva (Universitas Airlangga) for their paper: “Does Young and Small Firm More Efficient? Evidence from Indonesian Palm Oil Industry”.
  • Etty Puji Lestari, Tri Kurniawati Retnaningsih (Universitas Terbuka), Rossanto Dwi Handoyo, Kabiru Hannafi Ibrahim, Elok Lita Pradinda, Yessi Rahmawati, Deni Kusumawardani, Tri Haryanto, Angga Erlando (Universitas Airlangga) and Tamat Sarmidi (Universitas Kebangsaan Malaysia) for their paper: “Small and Medium Industry Export Development Strategy”.
  • Andi Irawan (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh November) for his paper: “Regional Income Disparities in Indonesia: Measurements, Convergence Process, and Decentralization”.

Recipients of the 2024 IRSA-PROSPERA Paper Awards:

  • Maxensius Tri Sambodo, Mesnan Silalahi, Felix W. , Alan R. Farandy, Ikval Suardi, Ika Inayah, Eka Nurjadi (BRIN), Lucky Lontoh, Anissa Suharsono, Shruti Sharma (IISD) and Neil McCulloch (Policy Practice) for their paper: “Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) in the Context of Clean Energy Transition for Cooking: Household Perspectives”.
  • Akhmad Rizal Shidiq for his paper “Whither Carbon Trading in Indonesia? A Systematic Review”.
  • Alin Halimatussadiah, Fachry, A.R. Afifi, Roes E.G. Lufti (Universitas Indonesia), Wikus Kruger (U. of Cape Town) and Fabian Wagner (Tech. U of Denmark) for their paper “The Country of Perpetual Potential: Why is It so Difficult to Procure Renewable Energy in Indonesia?”.

2023

Recipients of the IRSA-SMI Institute Paper Awards were: 

  1. Uly Faoziyah (Institut Teknologi Bandung) and Wilmar Salim (Institut Teknologi Bandung) for their paper: “Two decades of decentralization and infrastructure FTVs development in Indonesia“.
  2. Sri Juli Asdiyanti Samuda (North Maluku Province’s Statistics Indonesia), Dwi Atmi Rohmatilah (Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture), and Rus’an Nasrudin (Universitas Indonesia) for their paper: “Indonesia’s Electricity Access Convergence: Current Assessment of the Progress Using the Spatial Approach“.  
  3. Ni Putu Wiwin Setyari (Universitas Indonesia), I Putu Hedi Sasrawan (Universitas Indonesia), and I Gusti Agung Ayu Apsari Anandari (Universitas Indonesia) for their paper: “Glowing in the Dark: Resilient Infrastructure and Waste Management Impact on Social Welfare“. 

Recipients of the IRSA-BKF Paper Awards were:

  1. Achmad Rifa’I (Learning-Up Institute), Doddy Purwoharyono (BAPPENAS), and Muhamad Fickri Ramadhan (BAPPENAS) for their paper: “Economy-Wide Impacts of Natural Resource Downstream Policy: the Case of Nickel Moratorium“. 
  2. Muhammad Syaikh Rohman (Universitas Airlangga) for his paper: “The Impact of a Longer Period of Schooling on the Health Outcome and Wealth Outcome: Indonesian Case Study“. 
  3. Peter Warr (Australian National University) and Arief A. Yusuf (Universitas Padjadjaran) for their paper: “Pandemic-induced De-urbanisation in Indonesia“. 

2021

Recipients of the IRSA-BKF Paper Awards were:

  1. Mochamad Thoriq Akbar (Universitas Padjadjaran), Ekki Syamsulhakim (Universitas Padjadjaran), Agung Setiawan (TNP2K), Adiatma Yudistira Manogar Siregar (Universitas Padjadjaran) for their paper: “Healthcare for the Poor: An Impact Evaluation of PBI JKN Social Health Insurance on Healthcare Utilization”.
  2. I Gede Heprin Prayasta (BPS & Universitas Udayana), Ketut Ksama Putra (BPS & Universitas Udayana), I Putu Ryan Brayoga (Universitas Udayana) for their paper: “The Impact of Pandemic Covid-19 to the Dynamics Employment Situation in Indonesia”.
  3. Nauli Aisyiyah Desdiani (Universitas Indonesia), Syahda Sabrina (Universitas Indonesia), Meila Husna (Universitas Indonesia), Amalia Cesarina (Universitas Indonesia), Fachry Abdul Razak (Universitas Indonesia) for their paper: “Local Budget Resilience in Times of Covid-19 Crisis: Evidence from Indonesia”. 

2019

Recipients of the IRSA-BKF Paper Awards were:

  1. Ruth Nikijuluw (ANU) for her paper: “Village Government Form and Local Service Access in Indonesia”.
  2. Luthfi Muhammad Iqbal (BAPPENAS) and Tania Benita (ICRAF) for their paper: “Impact of Archipelago Special Fund on Disparities”.
  3. Sonny Harry B (UI), Ardi Adji (TNP2K) and Saiful Mahdi (UnSyiah) for their paper: “Regional Inequality in Indonesia: Pre and Post Regional Autonomy Analysis”.
  4. Zulfa Rizqi Aisyah (UGM) and Evi Noor Afifah (UGM) for their paper: “The Effect of Fiscal Decentralization on Public Health in Aceh”.

2018

Recipients of the IRSA-BKF Paper Awards were:

  1. Tri Mulyaningsih (UNS), Vitri widyaningsih (UNS), Fitria Nur Rahmawati (UNS) and Dhian Adhitya (UNS) for their paper: “The Role of Nutrition Assistance and Care in the Primary Health Center and Children Double Burden of Malnutrition in Indonesia”.
  2. Takahiro Akita (IUJ), Awaludin Aji Riadi (MoF) and Ali Rizal for their paper: “Fiscal Disparities in Indonesia under Decentralization: To What Extent Has General Allocation Grant (DAU) Equalized Fiscal Revenues?”.
  3. Mochamad Thoriq Akbar (UnPad) and Estro Dariatno Sihaloho (UnPad) for their paper: “The Impact of Village Fund Program in Developing Physical Infrastructure: Case on Construction Value Across Provinces in Indonesia”.