Wahid Presidency

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

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

A farmer’s daughter takes control and makes a difference

Greater freedom to organise also means more opportunity for division

Why is organised labour missing from the democracy movement?

Indonesia’s labour movement needs to consolidate the gains of 1998

Entrepreneurs are transforming political parties.

New Human Rights Court fails victims’ calls for justice.

Chinese Confucianism is recognised again as an official religion.

Which Dongi people should be compensated for land?

Gus Dur's troubles