Economy

HELEN LANDYMORE found herself surveying rare birds and fish in stunning locations when she joined an Operation Wallacea expedition.

The IMF recipe is no cure for Asia's collapsed economies, says WALDEN BELLO. Instead, a people's strategy is emerging that looks to self-reliance and democratic control over capital.

Authoritarian Southeast Asian governments have been dealt a blow by market forces, says MICHAEL VATIKIOTIS, but democracy will not flourish until people begin to organise locally.

GERRY VAN KLINKEN traces the spectacular financial events that paralysed the country's business and political elites.

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

CAROL WARREN reports on developments at Padanggalak, where outside money and graft encounter strong opposition.

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

CHRIS MANNING explains why the workers suffer but cannot protest.

Millions of hectares of pristine tropical forest and thousands of indigenous people are at risk. FRANCES CARR outlines Habibie's 'techno dream' for Irian Jaya.

Indonesia's crisis was caused by global 'market forces', transforming nation-states into commodities. MARK BEESON explains.

In the wake of peace, Acehnese living in Malaysia are thinking about return. But it can be tough leaving a new life to start afresh back home.

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

Poor kampung women double their income through their own micro-credit scheme

Without Suharto, who will protect Freeport from itself?

The poor must come first

The democracy movement must now challenge international capital

Indonesian maids in Singapore want to be heard

Workers, often women, take risks to earn an honest living

The street traders who feed and transport Jakarta are also its most unwelcome citizens

Lea Jellinek