Economy

Indonesia’s carbon stores spark international attention

The victims of the Lapindo mudflow disaster continue to assert their rights to compensation

European interest in Indonesian traditional healing has had its ups and downs, but in Java jamu reigns supreme, as it has for a long, long time

Mining is booming in East Nusa Tenggara, but where is the wealth going?

Pining for the certainty of the Suharto era

Bandung’s government opts for a religious program that matches the city’s character

The value of children’s paid work on Lombok’s tobacco plantations presents a challenge to emotive arguments for the wholesale banning of child labour

When Indonesia’ s National Police took on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over the Bank Century case, the KPK won

Despite recent government negotiations, Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia remain disempowered

Indonesian fishers in Taiwan are beginning to fight back

As this edition shows, the choices faced by those who leave Indonesia for work are anything but simple

Against the odds, Indonesian domestic workers have achieved real change in Hong Kong

Migrant domestic workers aspire to more than their home communities can offer and are willing to take risks to change their lives

Pocket money given to intending migrant domestic workers comes at a price

Undocumented Indonesian migrant labourers - known locally as kuli dollar - work long hours in difficult conditions in search of prosperity in Philadelphia

Indonesian migrant workers without visas - or sometimes even passports - rely on the help of middlemen to get past immigration checkpoints into East Malaysia

Architect Antonio Ismael Risianto promotes planning for the urban poor

Gated communities are built with little concern for their social and environmental impacts

Jakarta needs more green space, but not at the expense of the poor