This is a mid-term evaluation of the PACER (Popular Control and Effective Welfarism) joint research program, which is a collaboration between the universities of Gadjah Mada, Oslo and Agder. It consists of two parts: “Power, Welfare, and Democracy” and “In-Search of Balance: Government, Private Sectors, and Cooperatives in Indonesia”. Tewodros Aragie Kebede is head of the project at Fafo. It is financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.