Optimising Socio-Economic Data Updating for Inclusive Development: Lessons from Regsosek Implementation

Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 4 of 2025 on the National Socio-Economic Single Data (DTSEN) marks an important step in improving data management and the data ecosystem in Indonesia. DTSEN builds on the architecture of the Socio-Economic Registry (Regsosek), the Integrated Social Welfare Data (DTKS), the Targeting Data for the Acceleration of Extreme Poverty Eradication (P3KE), and other data systems. DTSEN can benefit from lessons that have emerged from previous data systems. These include the need for (i) a tested and effective mechanism to update a unified data system, (ii) complete regulations on guidelines, governance, and coordination mechanisms across institutions responsible for updating, verifying, and validating data at national and regional levels, (iii) skilled human resources, and (iv) sufficient funding for data updating—especially in remote, underdeveloped, and island regions. This policy brief provides recommendations for relevant policymakers to support and improve data updating processes, based on lessons from the Regsosek data update pilot conducted by Bappenas and Statistics Indonesia (BPS).