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March 7, 2015

Jakarta Post - March 7, 2015

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

February 17, 2015

Jakarta Post - 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

Dili Weekly - 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

Dili Weekly - 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

Dili Weekly - November 5, 2014

John M. Pile – The Timorese government recently released its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Report for 2014.

September 6, 2014

Radio New Zealand International - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

Jakarta Globe - 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 Post - 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 Post - 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

Dili Weekly - 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

Development Policy - 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

Irish Times - October 16, 2013

Mary O'Shea – Eleven years after independence, the array of socioeconomic challenges facing Timor-Leste remains significant.

September 21, 2013

Jakarta Globe - 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

The Dili Weekly - 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

Macauhub - June 25, 2013

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

Jakarta Post - 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 Post - 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

Jakarta Globe - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

Jakarta Post - 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.

Jakarta Post - March 26, 2013

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.

Jakarta Post - March 26, 2013

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

Metro TV News - 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 Post - 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

Jakarta Globe - 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

Jakarta Globe - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

Timor Post - 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

Reuters - 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 Post - November 29, 2012

Jakarta – National Development Planning Minister Armida S.

November 23, 2012

Jakarta Post - 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

ABC News - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

Jakarta Globe - 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

Australian Associated Press - 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

Macauhub - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

Jakarta Globe - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

Jakarta Post - 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

Jakarta Globe - 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

Jakarta Post - July 7, 2012

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

Agence France Presse - 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

Global Post - July 6, 2012

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

Tabloid Jubi - 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

Global Mail - 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

Tempo - 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

IRIN News - February 15, 2012

Bangkok – The Southeast Asian half-island nation of Timor-Leste is falling short on most Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), experts warn.