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August 30, 2008

Jakarta Post - August 30, 2008

Desy Nurhayati – Wide social and economic disparities between regions across Indonesia remains a serious hindrance to development, a new report on regional development for the 2004-2007

January 14, 2008

Jakarta Post - January 14, 2008

Owais Parray, Jakarta – Last November, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released its 2007/8 Global Human Development Report.

October 3, 2007

Jakarta Post - October 3, 2007

Markus Makur, Timika – Papua province's rich natural resources have had no impact on life in the remote villages of Asmat and East Mimika Jauh, in Mimika regency.

February 16, 2007

Reuters - February 16, 2007

Jakarta – Indonesia needs to speed up development in the eastern area of Papua, a remote part the country where a low-level armed rebellion has simmered for decades, President Susilo Ba

February 15, 2007

Jakarta Post - February 15, 2007

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The government will speed up development in the provinces of Papua and West Papua after an assessment found both still lacking in terms of infrastructure and eco

January 5, 2007

Radar Tanjab - January 5, 2007

Jambi – Traditional communities and farmers in Indonesia, particularly in Jambi province, Sumatra, are still falling victim to disadvantageous government policies and as a consequence b

January 3, 2007

Jakarta Post - January 3, 2007

Jakarta – The government is being urged to pay more attention to the country's large working-age population, the result of the Soeharto-era family planning program that reduced the nati

January 2, 2007

Jakarta Post - January 2, 2007

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – More Indonesians say they are economically worse off compared to 12 months ago and most cite the increased costs of basic goods and travel expenses a

Jakarta Post - January 2, 2007

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – With the prices of basic needs continuing to soar, life is tough for Sugeng Supriadi.

December 12, 2006

Jakarta Post - December 12, 2006

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The North Sumatra provincial administration has seen the number of people living below the poverty line in the province increase progressively from 14.93 percen

December 7, 2006

Agence France Presse - December 7, 2006

Jakarta – Nearly 50 percent of Indonesia's population still lives on less than two dollars a day despite progress in recovering from the economic crisis of 1998 which plunged millions o

October 4, 2006

Australian Financial Review - October 4, 2006

Morgan Mellish – On the main road into Jayapura, a large two-storey building is being erected – the bureaucrats of Papua's provincial capital are upgrading themselves to better lodgings

September 23, 2006

September 21, 2006

Jakarta Post - September 21, 2006

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The World Bank and IMF should review their financial aid to Indonesia to show a serious commitment to fighting corruption and poverty; otherwise they must

September 19, 2006

Jakarta Post - September 19, 2006

Andi Haswidi, Batam – Some 500 activists gathering in Batam grouped under the International Peoples Forum called Monday on all nations to hold international financial institutions (IFIs

Jakarta Post - September 19, 2006

Fadli, Batam – Activists have criticized the lack of transparency in World Bank and IMF policy-making and accused the Singaporean government of violating human rights by preventing acti

September 2, 2006

Post - September 2, 2006

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Recent heated debates about misleading poverty statistics may finally be settled, with the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reporting that the country's poor popu

September 1, 2006

Jakarta Post - September 1, 2006

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – "Helping those who help themselves" could describe the government's latest approach to tackling the problems of poverty and unemployment, with community developm

July 6, 2006

July 4, 2006

Bloomberg News - July 4, 2006

Andy Mukherjee – In Siti Maimunah's Jakarta office, on the wall behind her spartan desk, hangs a placard.

July 1, 2006

Jakarta Post - July 1, 2006

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – A study on the economic impact of building six new inner-city turnpikes has fleshed out the reality of the income gap between the rich and the poor.

May 15, 2006

Jakarta Post - May 15, 2006

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The government is setting aside at least Rp 3 trillion (some US$300 million) in funds from this year's state budget to help kick off financing for infrastructure

April 15, 2006

Jakarta Post - April 15, 2006

Jakarta – Her chores are done and Tina is waiting for her husband to come home to their makeshift shack under Matraman overpass in Central Jakarta. She is not alone.

April 8, 2006

Jakarta Post - April 8, 2006

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The many poverty reduction programs the government implemented in 2005 took only a million people out of absolute poverty, a survey reveals.

April 7, 2006

Sydney Morning Herald - April 7, 2006

Mark Forbes, Jakarta – Papua's first directly elected governor has warned Indonesia must deliver "justice, equality and prosperity" or face the prospect of more violence and an exodus o

March 25, 2006

The Australian - March 25, 2006

Sian Powell, Jakarta – Hiding in a tattered hut in West Papua's dense jungle and existing on food brought by sympathetic villagers, university student Everistus Kayep is confused by the

June 18, 2005

Jakarta Post - June 18, 2005

Rusman, Samarinda – It was 4:30 in the morning and the sun was not yet shining, but 13-year-old Rizki Gunawan and his little sister Astari had to leave the warmth of their beds and head

April 4, 2005

Jakarta Post - April 4, 2005

Jakarta – The government has called on local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to obey the laws governing the establishment of such groups, and has asked foreign NGOs to obtain offi

March 31, 2005

Radio Australia - March 31, 2005

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has met with survivors on the earthquake devastated island of Nias in western Sumatra and has urged residents to be patient.

February 19, 2005

Jakarta Post - February 19, 2005

Jakarta – Prior to its fuel price hike plan in April, which will eventually reduce budget expenditures for the fuel subsidy, the government has been preparing an additional Rp 10.5 tril

January 17, 2005

Jakarta Post - January 17, 2005

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The public debate continues on how Indonesia should respond to the debt moratorium offer from the Paris Club creditor countries, as the offer itself is still vag

December 17, 2004

Jakarta Post - December 17, 2004

Yogyakarta – Twenty-one percent out of a total of 2.5 million people in Yogyakarta are effectively unemployed, the province's Manpower and Transmigration Office says.

December 9, 2004

Jakarta Post - December 9, 2004

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – After 59 years of independence, poverty remains a major problem in 190 regencies in the country, a minister says.

July 22, 2004

Jakarta Post - July 22, 2004

P.C. Naommy and M.

July 15, 2004

Jakarta Post - July 15, 2004

Syofiardi Bachyul and Puji Santoso, Padang/Pekanbaru – State electricity company PT PLN may be forced to cut off electricity in three provinces in Sumatra in the near future following t

May 28, 2004

Jakarta Post - May 28, 2004

Stevie Emilia, Shanghai – Current instability and the upcoming presidential elections in Indonesia constitute the main hindrance to the national target of halving the poverty rate, econ

March 2, 2004

Jakarta Post - March 2, 2004

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The government announced on Monday its plan to develop several infrastructure projects worth more than Rp 200 trillion (US$23.5 billion) over five years in the t

February 19, 2004

January 17, 2004

December 16, 2003

Antara - December 16, 2003

Mataram – Indonesia's human resources development index (IPM) remains low among 175 countries in the world and it is worrying, chairwoman of the Family Planning Board (BKKBN) Sumarjati

December 13, 2003

Financial Times - December 13, 2003

Shawn Donnan, Jakarta – At the end of this month Indonesia will become the last of the economies plunged into chaos by the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis to graduate from the IMF and is

Jakarta Post - December 13, 2003

Dadan Wijaksana, Jakarta – The meeting of the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) was a disappointment because it did not address measures needed to tackle the country's huge debt, In

December 10, 2003

Australian Financial Review - December 10, 2003

Andrew Burrell – It's an alarming statistic that helps explain Indonesia's economic, political and social predicament: about 110 million people are scraping by on less than $US2 ($2.70)

December 9, 2003

Jakarta Post - December 9, 2003

The country may obtain some US$2.7 billion in fresh loans from the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) to help finance next year's state budget.

December 5, 2003

Antara - December 5, 2003

Jakarta – The government will allocate Rp 11.7 trillion to build and repair infrastructure across the country in 2004.

Straits Times - December 5, 2003

Robert Go, Jakarta – Foreign donors make this a merry season for the cash-strapped Indonesian government.

December 4, 2003

Melbourne Age - December 4, 2003

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – The World Bank has announced an ambitious new lending program for Indonesia where money will go to organisations or local governments that can show they have ta

December 3, 2003

Agence France Presse - December 3, 2003

The World Bank announced plans to boost lending to Indonesia to help lift millions out of poverty but said much of the extra aid depends on greater efforts to fight rampant corruption a

December 2, 2003

Agence France Presse - December 2, 2003

Indonesia's dilapidated infrastructure poses a greater threat to human life than terrorism and will hamper long-term growth unless there is urgent new investment, the World Bank says.

August 22, 2003

Sydney Morning Herald - August 22, 2003

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Indonesia's plans to use nuclear power to meet its spiralling energy demands have been boosted by the Russian Government's approval of a draft agreement allowin