Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The Public Works and Public Housing Ministry is struggling to prepare the tender process for a large number of infrastructure projects to be developed this year, foll
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February 17, 2015
Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – The government is to issue a revision to a land-procurement regulation to expedite land acquisition, which has proved an obstacle to a number of infrastructure projec
January 26, 2015
Venidora Oliveira – The 2015 General State will continue to prioritize infrastructure development with the government believing there hasn't been a significant progress in the quality of roads and
January 24, 2015
Paulina Quintao – More than 100 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) houses are sitting abandoned in Lospalos sub-district in Lautem as the residents they were intended for refuse to live in them due
November 5, 2014
John M. Pile – The Timorese government recently released its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report for 2014.
September 6, 2014
The Secretary-General of the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation says the West Papuan cause has lost a good leader, following the death of Dr John Otto Ondawame.
May 21, 2014
Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has decided to slash a staggering Rp 100 trillion (US$8.7 billion) from the operational budget of his ministries, a mov
May 9, 2014
Herman Genie – With people marrying younger, a generally low quality of life for women, and poor infrastructure, Indonesia is unlikely to achieve its 2015 Millennium Development Goals,
November 19, 2013
Jakarta – Independent watchdog on state and local budget, Pattiro, says the implementation of gender responsive budgeting (ARG) will accelerate progress toward achieving the Millennium
November 18, 2013
Jakarta – The Awaking Papua Forum (Forum Papua Bangkit) said it suspects corruption was the cause of the long delay in the construction of a Trans Irian highway linking the southern and
October 28, 2013
Venidora Oliveira – A Member of National Parliament strongly criticized the company Estrada Bo'ot Diak for constructing poor quality roads that are damaged a year after being built.
October 22, 2013
Ashlee Betteridge – The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI) was released last week, and while most countries in the region had demonstrated a marked improvement in hunger levels since the 20
October 16, 2013
Mary O'Shea – Eleven years after independence, the array of socioeconomic challenges facing Timor-Leste remains significant.
September 21, 2013
Anushka Shahjahan – Indonesia and the Asian region have made substantial progress toward achieving the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals, although gaps in poverty reduction r
June 25, 2013
More rigorous oversight of development projects is needed to improve aid effectiveness in Timor-Leste, according to the consensus reached following the annual Timor-Leste Development Pa
The European Union plans to donate 20.5 million euros to Timor-Leste (East Timor) to repair and maintain roads in three districts of the country, under the terms of an agreement signed
June 21, 2013
Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Government spending on improving infrastructure and transportation facilities will likely fall significantly in 2014 as legislators have proposed a sizable cut
June 17, 2013
Jakarta – The Indonesian government received an award from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) presented to recognize its consistent work in reducing hunger and malnourishm
May 27, 2013
While Indonesia still lags behind 29 other countries on a worldwide hunger list, the United Nations has announced it will award the country for its efforts in reducing malnutrition.
April 17, 2013
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has pledged to embrace Free Papua Movement (OPM) separatists, expressing his will to build a bridge between the group and the
March 26, 2013
Development in Papua, Indonesia's most eastern and underdeveloped province, has been hampered by extremely expensive logistics costs caused by the lack of transportation infrastructure.
Rendi A. Witular, Papua – When it comes to realizing a massive road project, nothing could match what governor general Herman Willem Daendels did during the Dutch colonial era.
Ina Parlina, World – Paying more attention to children's voices would help address the inequalities that many of them face, said young participants in a meeting on the Millennium Develo
March 25, 2013
MI/Rommy Pujianto/ip, Makassar – Student Solidarity Concern for the Papuan People (SMPRP) along with advocacy and human rights groups held a protest action in front of the Mandala Monum
March 24, 2013
Jakarta – Inequality must be placed at the center of all discussions at the UN High Level Panel for the post-2015 development agenda in Bali next week as unequal progress on human devel
March 16, 2013
Indonesia's life expectancy has climbed but education levels have fallen in the past year, in aggregate allowing the country to inch forward in the latest United Nations Human Developme
March 15, 2013
Indonesia's life expectancy has climbed but education levels have fallen in the past year, in aggregate allowing the country to inch forward in the latest United Nations Human Developme
January 26, 2013
Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Indonesian Logistics Association (ALI) has predicted that logistics costs in the country will increase by about 3 percent this year following a rise in port fee
January 23, 2013
The President of the Republic Taur Matan Ruak has criticized the quality of domestic public works projects that the government contracted private companies to undertake because they are
December 17, 2012
Jakarta – At Jakarta's infrastructure monitoring nerve center, live TV cameras track traffic flows on port access roads and highways, satellite images show cloud cover, and a Twitter fe
November 29, 2012
Jakarta – National Development Planning Minister Armida S.
November 23, 2012
Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The condition of infrastructure development in Indonesia is currently in a state of emergency and the government must start developing an innovative res
November 22, 2012
Catherine McGrath & staff – East Timor's Finance Minister wants her country and other post-conflict nations around the world to gain greater control over foreign aid programs.
September 29, 2012
Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The Indonesian government must eradicate corrupt practices and improve transparency in order to attract more foreign participation in infrastructure pro
September 23, 2012
Faisal Maliki Baskoro – With car sales set to hit a new record of one million units this year, more than double the amount just eight years ago, the rapid growth is not being matched by
September 18, 2012
The Australian Greens fear the death of a Papuan freedom fighter – and its links to Australian defence personnel – is being swept under the carpet.
September 13, 2012
A programme to build and repair infrastructure, including roads, bridges, airports, schools, hospitals and power and communication networks, will be carried out over the next five year,
August 29, 2012
Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono boasted about his administration's awareness of the importance of infrastructure development in his speech at the 201
August 28, 2012
Hans David Tampubolon and Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Despite unresolved problems that continue to deter investment in local infrastructure projects, the government is gearing up for anoth
August 22, 2012
Ivan Dasa Saputra – The Indonesian government is set to provide tax incentives to textile machinery industries next year as part of a move to boost the ailing textile sector, Industry M
August 18, 2012
Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – The government has vowed to increase spending in the capital to drive infrastructure development next year, but economists say that the percentage is insuffici
July 9, 2012
Hans David Tampubolon, Jakarta – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on the government to be more serious about its commitment to developing infrastructure.
July 7, 2012
Dion Bisara – Indonesia's energy subsidy costs are rising, which international rating agencies have warned about in their forecasts on the country's economy, and that will likely result
Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – The horrendous, kilometers-long traffic jams that have fouled Bakauheni and Merak ports for two days have been worsening due to vacationers looking to
July 6, 2012
Vincent Souriau – The abject poverty visible only an hour's drive out of East Timor's capital illustrates the challenge facing the government that takes over one of Asia's poorest count
Helene Hofman, Dili, East Timor – Grace Gunawon, 22, remembers Dili before East Timor gained independence from Indonesia, when it wasn't safe to play in the streets after dark.
May 10, 2012
Jayapura – Socialization of the Accelerated Development Unit for Papua and West Papua (UP4B) continues to be met with challenge and refusal.
March 19, 2012
Aubrey Belford – East Timor's people are desperately poor but its government is swimming in cash. Is the country buying its way out of poverty, or into economic disaster?
February 20, 2012
Jayapura – Thousands of Papuans who are members of the National Committee occupied the building of West Papua People's Assembly in Kotaraja Papua, Jayapura, Monday, February 20, 2012.
February 15, 2012
Bangkok – The Southeast Asian half-island nation of Timor-Leste is falling short on most Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), experts warn.