Household Food Consumption, Women’s Asset and Food Policy in Indonesia

This study addresses the issue of household food consumption, its relation to gender and to food policy in Indonesia. Using econometric analyses of the Indonesian Family Life Survey, the study reveals that food expenditure patterns, particularly those of the poor households, warrant food policy attention.

Evita Hanie Pangaribowo received a master degree in International and Development Economics from the Australian National University and was awarded a PhD degree in agricultural economics from the University of Bonn. Before she pursued her PhD studies, she has been working as lecturer and researcher at the Department of Environmental Geography of the Gadjah Mada University in Indonesia. Currently, she is conducting her postdoctoral research at the Center for Development Research of the University of Bonn.

Contents: Analysis of the Food Demand of Indonesian Household – Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) – The Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) – Impact Evaluation of the Food Security Program in Indonesia – The Role of Women’s Assets and Social Capital on Food and Nonfood Expenditure.