Jan 21, 2019 Last Updated 6:32 AM, Jan 20, 2019

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Cash for the cashless

Buffalo are a traditional source of wealth and social status in Sumba - Jacqueline Vel, Sumba, November 2014

The new Village Law pumps money directly into subsistence villages: a crazy idea, or new development paradigm?

Bridging the divide after conflict

A new emerging market, Pasar Waiheru. Photo: Hatib Kadir

A recent visit to Ambon shows that trade is helping to bridge the divide in a religiously segregated society

T-shirt cosmopolitanism

Nanoe Biroe’s t-shirt designs feature words and phrases in large letters, as if they were being yelled. This one reads ‘YOU THINK YOU’RE SMART? I AM STUPID AND IT DOESN’T MATTER! I’D RATHER BE STUPID THAN CONCEITED!’ (credit: U-Rock Bali)

Popular forms of writing in public reveal the richness of Balinese revitalisation

New aromas

The most popular films of recent years were adapted from novels. This crowd has gathered in a bookshop in Yogyakarta to meet Vino Bastian and Laura Basuki, lead actors in the film adaptation of Madre (2013), based on Dewi Lestari’s 2011 short story of the same name. (Meg Downes)

'Fragrant literature' is giving way to a diversity of literary voices and identities

What’s trending?

Author, translator and scriptwriter Maggie Tiojakin writes in English and Indonesian.

Young Indonesians are leading trends in Indonesian writing and publishing

Photo essay: Men you might know

Hansen's photo essay captures the faces of the men of Salatiga, Central Java

Engaging young Indonesians in politics and the case of WikiDPR

A new volunteer movement is shining a light on Indonesia’s parliament and its representatives

Boosting youth entrepreneurship in creative industries

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Campaigns to promote creative industries promise new avenues of entrepreneurship for creative youth, but real career options remain uncertain

Would I like to be a farmer?

Working in a rice mill, South Sulawesi - Charina Chazali

Rural youth in rice-growing villages explain their doubts and aspirations about a future in agriculture

Making their way

Youth in Indonesia are facing uncertain school-to-work transition - Remco van Loenen

Indonesia needs to create better pathways from school to work

Negotiating access

Companies’ age-based hiring criteria for fresh graduates narrow young men’s opportunities to access entry-level jobs and traineeships in the steel industries - Suzanne Naafs

Entering a competitive work environment, young men in Cilegon find their ambitions for employment hampered

Underemployed ambitions

A team of volunteers waiting at a health centre for work - Schut

Struggling in their transition from education to work, educated young people in rural Flores are often both dependent on and critical of local social support networks

Aspiring to become a civil servant

Building on his passion for books, this young man engages in irregular work at a community learning centre - Wenty Minza

Trying to secure a government job, educated youth in Pontianak are rethinking the meaning of work and middle class success

Youth employment prospects and aspirations

Young shopping mall workers on a lunch break near Blok M, South Jakarta - Remco van Loenen

Young Indonesians display considerable resourcefulness in coping with difficult pathways into work, but more comprehensive policies are needed to improve their job prospects

A woman’s place

Working parents in Jakarta head off in the morning to take the kids to school and go to work - Mita Pahlevi

Educated urban youth continue to express gendered work–family expectations

Film review: Tanah Mama

A new documentary about a Papuan woman’s daily struggle to survive opens debate on the grave issues affecting her society

Where to now for the MDGs in Indonesia?

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The Millennium Development Goals addressed the basic development needs of Indonesia, but tackling poverty now requires a more complex strategy

A more efficient approach to social welfare?

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Jokowi’s fresh approach to social welfare and development will not be without its challenges

Disability data and the development agenda in Indonesia

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Indonesia needs stronger data to better include people with disabilities in the post-MDG era

Keeping women and babies healthy within an unequal system

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Problems of unequal access explain differences in Indonesia’s achievement of child mortality and maternal mortality targets

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