Struggling for a job Misinformation and lack of opportunity form disproportionate barriers for rural youth looking for work Read more
Is education the golden plough? Flores youth migrate for education, but are their university degrees worth the investment? Read more
Roadside medicine men Bootleg medicine sales are part of Indonesia’s healthcare infrastructure Read more
Transport policy in gridlock Attractive public transport and well-considered traffic policies are what Jakarta needs Read more
Minibus and Transjakarta: Transport wars? New mass transport infrastructure is disrupting Jakarta’s minibus economy Read more
Resource nationalism as imperialism Foreign investment in large-scale mining has encountered serious obstacles 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: Beyond decent work A new book examines Indonesian labour struggles through the lens of international political economy theory Read more
The Go-Jek effect Has this phenomenally successful app-based transport service improved the lives of the motorcycle workers it employs? Read more
Samarinda’s deadly mining pits The end of the boom has not meant an end to the perilous impact of coal mining in East Kalimantan Read more
In sickness and in wealth Village morality complicates our assumptions about what it means to ‘succeed’ as a migrant worker Read more
Boosting youth entrepreneurship in creative industries Campaigns to promote creative industries promise new avenues of entrepreneurship for creative youth, but real career options remain uncertain Read more
Negotiating access Entering a competitive work environment, young men in Cilegon find their ambitions for employment hampered Read more
Underemployed ambitions 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 Read more
Aspiring to become a civil servant Trying to secure a government job, educated youth in Pontianak are rethinking the meaning of work and middle class success Read more
Youth employment prospects and aspirations Young Indonesians display considerable resourcefulness in coping with difficult pathways into work, but more comprehensive policies are needed to improve their job prospects Read more
Balancing business Indonesia’s unions are engaging in electoral politics in unprecedented ways in an attempt to balance the influence of business Read more
Revolutionising retail In Jakarta, 7-Eleven found a loophole that allowed it to break into small-format retailing, transforming itself and contributing to a revolution in Indonesian retail in the process Read more