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Aid must embrace social change

Intravenous drug use is exacerbating the spread of the HIV virus

Helping to boost English teaching seemed a splendid idea, but then Indonesian realities intervened

Portraits of Islamic women from different centuries and different organisations

With Suharto gone, the anniversary of the 1965 coup attempt is more controversial than ever

Half a century after Herb Feith first lived in Kamal, Nikolas Feith Tan retraces his grandfather’s steps

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

An Indonesian NGO finds injustices in unexpected places

NGOs and local people work together to rebuild communities, until feudalism intervenes

An Australian aid worker recounts the challenge of rehabilitating a devastated society

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

Reintegration funds have caused problems as well as solving them.

An Australian aid worker reflects on post-tsunami reconstruction.

The village of Oelua proves that Indonesians can live with difference.

Networking sites are popular with young Indonesians