Jan-Mar 2002

The Poor

Dirty debt
Rich countries share responsibility for Indonesia's impossible debt burden - Ann Pettifor
Crisis and poverty
Four years later, how has the economic crisis affected the poor? - Anne Booth
The story of Mimin
Surviving thirty years in Central Jakarta - Lea Jellinek and Ed Kiefer
Jakarta's poorest
Lea Jellinek
Whose city?
The street traders who feed and transport Jakarta are also its most unwelcome citizens - Vanessa Johanson
Whatever it takes
Workers, often women, take risks to earn an honest living - Michele Ford
Singapore girl?
Indonesian maids in Singapore want to be heard - Noorashikin Abdul Rahman
Land for the people
Farmers in East Java are still working land they took three years ago - Sukardi
The Twin Towers Effect
The democracy movement must now challenge international capital - Revrisond Baswir
Take the money or die
A flood of 'democratisation' dollars has corrupted the NGO movement - Anu Lounela

Culture

Penis enhancements
Popular with sailors and miners, but not necessarily with their women - Terence H Hull
Scunge City. And yet....
What the guide books don't tell you about Surabaya - Duncan Graham

Politics and Human Rights

Osama bin Cool
What do Indonesian students think about Osama bin Laden? - Katie Brayne
The aftermath of civil war
Fighting has stopped in North Maluku, but mistrust lingers - Christopher R Duncan
With Aceh's guerrillas
A rare visit with the Free Aceh Movement shows them confident and well organised - Damien Kingsbury
One world still
After the tragedy of 11 September, the world needs dialogue - Ulil Abshar-Abdalla

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