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Food security in Indonesia

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Despite being a middle-income country, many Indonesians still face the prospect of going hungry

Living without a state

Living without a state
People in rural Papua are more interested in basic services than grand political struggles

Costly inducements

Costly inducements
Pocket money given to intending migrant domestic workers comes at a price

Social justice by design

Social justice by design
Architect Antonio Ismael Risianto promotes planning for the urban poor

Not just a piece of paper

Not just a piece of paper
The state’s requirements for marriage registration disadvantage poor rural women

Water woes

Water woes
Private sector participation in Jakarta’s water supply has left many citizens high and dry

Down by the riverside - Kali Ciliwung

Down by the riverside - Kali Ciliwung
Photo-essay: some of Jakarta’s poorest inhabitants find both suffering and happiness on the banks of its main river

Eight years after 1999

Eight years after 1999
Displaced East Timorese children go hungry in Indonesian West Timor

Children at work

Officially, 2.4 million Indonesian children work in factories or on the streets, instead of being at school. Unofficially, the number could be 10 million. SHARON BESSELL talks with some working children, and asks what is being done.

Privatising social justice

As riots erupt across the country, Suharto is forcing rich companies to contribute to a private anti-poverty foundation. But, for DAVID BOURCHIER and IAN CHALMERS, the move smacks of personal greed.

Big projects, little people

After 20 years, LEA JELLINEK returns to Jakarta's kampungs only to find many demolished for condominiums. The mood of their constantly evicted residents oscillates between resignation and resistance.

Togians: ecotourism is not the answer

While others hope environmentally sensitive tourism will help the Togian Islands, KATE NAPTHALI wants to beef up traditional industries instead.

Rare birds die in West Java

Impoverished villagers kill huge numbers of migrating birds resting on Java's foreshores each year. JOHN McCARTHY reports

Travels in West Timor

SIMON ANDREWARTHA discovers a quiet invasion by outsiders, even in the remotest villages.

The employment crisis

CHRIS MANNING explains why the workers suffer but cannot protest.

Reformasi and Riau's forests

A weak government struggles with 'people power', poverty and pulp companies

In this issue

The poor must come first

Jakarta's poorest

Lea Jellinek

The story of Mimin

Surviving thirty years in Central Jakarta

Crisis and poverty

Four years later, how has the economic crisis affected the poor?

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