No. 57 January - March 1999

Helping a neighbour

The new poor
       Upwardly immobilised by the crisis - Lea Jellinek

Shelter from the rain
       The crisis closes a shelter for steet kids - Jane Eaton

Tough, poor, unbeaten
       On Atauro, drought is the real crisis - Gabrielle Samson

Help that helps
       Targetting small business and farming - Vanessa Johanson

Globalisation challenge
       Western economic control is the issue - Wim Wertheim

Pak Wertheim
       Obituary - Herb Feith

No turning back
       NGOs consider their responsibilities - INFID

Australia's response
       Aid must address governance and rights - Philip Eldridge

Politics and human rights

Megamania!
       Megawati's PDI triumph - Stefan Eklof

No shortcut to democracy
       It's all about good policies and good institutions - Olle Tornguist

Islamic conversations
       Four Islamic leaders talk - Hisanori Kato

Who plotted the 1965 coup?
       Colonel Lafief says he knows - Greg Poulgrain

Aceh exposed
       A legacy of abuse and hurt - IRIP News Service

In the tiger's den
       Marwan Yatim's story of torture - Marwan Yatim

Culture

Flower in the grass
       Interview with Nyi Supadmi - Jody Diamond

Cockroach
       Not a pest but an award winning comic - Laine Berman

Reviews

Beyond the horizon - Ron Witton

Saman - Marshall Clark

Travel

A river runs through it
       Journey to a Sumatran village - Jim Della-Giacoma

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