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Who should call the shots – international donors or local NGOs?

Much aid comes with strings attached – crippling loan repayments, exploitation of resources and vulnerability to unfriendly international markets

Many are ambivalent about international aid

Foreign policy not poverty reduction drives the Australian aid program

Economists propose an alternative strategy to the prevailing neo-liberal ideology for reducing poverty

Aid works best when it seeks to confront social injustice

Blanket travel warnings just don’t make sense

Networking sites are popular with young Indonesians

Here’s looking at you, kids

Are recent fatwa evidence that moderate Islam is a myth?

Djenar Maesa Ayu – one of Indonesia’s exciting new female authors

Underage women in the commercial sex trade

Universal access to treatment is not just a dream

HIV prevention in West Jakarta’s red light district

Old elites are still in power, but direct elections now give voters a choice

Ignoring teen sexuality only increases health risks

Much more than just Indonesian without the grammar

Bandung’s outspoken rap group

No longer misfits, but far from gender warriors