Country Capacity Assessment for Assistive Technologies: Informal Markets Study, Indonesia

This study supplements the Country Capacity Assessment for Indonesia undertaken by the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), using the World Health Organization (WHO) Assistive Technology Assessment – Capacity (ATA-C) tool, which was developed with support from the GDI Hub. The ATA-C tool assesses the capacity within countries to make the most effective, high quality assistive technology (AT) available at affordable yet sustainable prices. The focus of this study is to understand existing practices of AT provision through informal markets and social institutions, and the experiences of AT users on low incomes and with somewhat informal’ citizenship status. We examine how informal markets can be supported and improved and how formal sector actors working in AT provision, including the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Social Welfare, can best work with and influence informal AT markets and reach citizens who lack formal status