Overcoming Challenges of Social Policy Reform in Indonesia

Social security program is a common social policy to overcome the poverty in many countries. The policy making and implementation of this policy are different in every state. In many European countries, government has a strong support to fund the social protection program while in United States of America has a less government financial support. This paper will describe the social policy implementation in United States of America, South Korea, and Indonesia. Those experiences might be a lesson learned to identify some challenges and recommendation in implementing social policy in Indonesia.