Mining – who benefits? Mining law changes in decentralising Indonesia raises new challenges and opportunities for local communities Read more
Resource nationalism as imperialism Foreign investment in large-scale mining has encountered serious obstacles Read more
Has resource extraction reduced poverty? The benefits of more concentrated natural resources are less likely to be spread Read more
Mining the land, mining people Irrespective of location or commodity, peasants now compete with multinational mining companies on the mineral-rich tracts of Indonesia Read more
Review: The ideology of the family state David Reeve reviews David Bourchier’s important contribution to understandings of political thinking in Indonesia Read more
Safe water at a premium The UN’s claim that 87 per cent of Indonesians have access to safe drinking water seems exaggerated Read more
The forgotten killings The slaughter of Indonesians by young nationalists has been hidden by romantic narratives of the independence struggle Read more
Where to now for the MDGs in Indonesia? The Millennium Development Goals addressed the basic development needs of Indonesia, but tackling poverty now requires a more complex strategy Read more
Disability data and the development agenda in Indonesia Indonesia needs stronger data to better include people with disabilities in the post-MDG era Read more
An ongoing environmental challenge More action is needed if Indonesia is to slow its current world record rate of forest loss Read more
Keeping women and babies healthy within an unequal system Problems of unequal access explain differences in Indonesia’s achievement of child mortality and maternal mortality targets Read more
Quantity but not quality Indonesia is on track to achieve universal primary education, but questions remain about the quality of education Read more
Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger Indonesia has halved poverty since 1990, but significant challenges remain Read more
Making the Millennium Development Goals real Indonesian policy-makers need to reflect on the challenges of implementing the MDGs as they prepare for the post-2015 agenda Read more
Politics from below Street vendors have organised successfully at the local level, but effective national organisation has proved more elusive Read more
Film review: From horror and porn stars…to Jokowi KK Dheeraj’s unauthorised biopic is full of tears and belaboured symbolism Read more
Amri Yahya and the Sydney University Labor Club A link to Australia’s support of the Indonesian revolution Read more