Oct - Dec 2005

Aid workers speak

The activists’ dilemma
Many are ambivalent about international aid - Hetifah Sjaifudian
A free lunch?
Much aid comes with strings attached — crippling loan repayments, exploitation of resources and vulnerability to unfriendly international markets - Hira Jhamtani
Partnership or pretence
Who should call the shots — international donors or local NGOs? - Bob Muntz

History revisited

Kampung Kamal
Half a century after Herb Feith first lived in Kamal, Nikolas Feith Tan retraces his grandfather’s steps - Nikolas Feith Tan
Forty years on
With Suharto gone, the anniversary of the 1965 coup attempt is more controversial than ever - Kate McGregor

Politics

A new agenda for democracy
Is democracy stalled? An in-depth survey suggests hope for the future - Olle Tornquist

Women in Islam

A shared vision
Portraits of Islamic women from different centuries and different organisations
- Eka Srimulyani and Siti Syamsiyatun

Business culture

Lecture me not
Helping to boost English teaching seemed a splendid idea, but then Indonesian realities intervened - Duncan Graham

HIV/AIDS

The looming AIDS epidemic
Intravenous drug use is exacerbating the spread of the HIV virus - Sudirman Nasir

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