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In 2017 the Indonesian province of Papua launched an inclusive child grant for all indigenous Papuan children under the age of four. The program, called BANGGA Papua, is currently being implemented in three districts. The program was developed by the Provincial Government of Papua (PGP) with technical assistance from development partners and is funded with the province’s special autonomy funds.
The design and implementation of BANGGA Papua, in light of its geographic constraints and limited infrastructure, is instructive not only for Indonesia as an innovative example of inclusive social protection, but also to other countries implementing social protection programs in remote and challenging contexts.
This paper contextualises BANGGA Papua in the broader Indonesian social protection landscape and discusses the implementation experiences of BANGGA Papua to date.