Inside Indonesia - a quarterly magazine on Indonesia and its people, culture, politics, economy and environment

Pocket money given to intending migrant domestic workers comes at a price Wayne Palmer    Agents advertise their servic...

Architect Antonio Ismael Risianto promotes planning for the urban poor Judith Mayer        The ...

The state’s requirements for marriage registration disadvantage poor rural women Maria Platt       No need for ID: mos...

Photo-essay: some of Jakarta’s poorest inhabitants find both suffering and happiness on the banks of its main river Henri Ismail Among Ind...

Private sector participation in Jakarta’s water supply has left many citizens high and dry H Angga Indraswara    Access t...

Displaced East Timorese children go hungry in Indonesian West Timor Elcid Li Struggling to avoid hunger in...

Officially, 2.4 million Indonesian children work in factories or on the streets, instead of being at school. Unofficially, the number could be 10 m...

As riots erupt across the country, Suharto is forcing rich companies to contribute to a private anti-poverty foundation. But, for DAVID BOURCHIER an...

After 20 years, LEA JELLINEK returns to Jakarta's kampungs only to find many demolished for condominiums. The mood of their constantly evicted res...

Underage women in the commercial sex trade Teguh P Nugroho and Jeff Herbert It’s humid on Jalan Latuharhary in Jakarta. Just minutes down the ...

Economists propose an alternative strategy to the prevailing neo-liberal ideology for reducing poverty Sugeng Bahagijo Despite its authoritarian...

For the Forest Tobelo people, regional autonomy is a mixed blessing Christopher R Duncan In some parts of North Maluku, perceptions about what...

The poor must come first Gerry van Klinken As the annual supreme legislative body (MPR) got underway in Jakarta early November, costing US$1.5 m...

Lea Jellinek Jakarta's poorest tend to be hidden at the dead ends of pathways or on the river edge. Often their houses are in corners, along dark n...

Surviving thirty years in Central Jakarta Lea Jellinek and Ed Kiefer Central Jakarta is a smoking concrete jungle created over the past thirty-f...

Four years later, how has the economic crisis affected the poor? Anne Booth The debate about the impact of the crisis on poverty and income dist...

A weak government struggles with 'people power', poverty and pulp companies Lesley Potter and Simon Badcock A new timber boom is underway in Ria...