January - March 1999

Helping a neighbour

The new poor
Upwardly immobilised by the crisis - Lea Jellinek
Shelter from the rain
The crisis closes a shelter for steet kids - Jane Eaton
Tough, poor, unbeaten
On Atauro, drought is the real crisis - Gabrielle Samson
Help that helps
Targetting small business and farming - Vanessa Johanson
Globalisation challenge
Western economic control is the issue - Wim Wertheim
Pak Wertheim
Obituary - Herb Feith
No turning back
NGOs consider their responsibilities - INFID
Australia's response
Aid must address governance and rights - Philip Eldridge

Politics and human rights

Megamania!
Megawati's PDI triumph - Stefan Eklof
No shortcut to democracy
It's all about good policies and good institutions - Olle Tornguist
Islamic conversations
Four Islamic leaders talk - Hisanori Kato
Who plotted the 1965 coup?
Colonel Lafief says he knows - Greg Poulgrain
Aceh exposed
A legacy of abuse and hurt - IRIP News Service
In the tiger's den
Marwan Yatim's story of torture - Marwan Yatim

Culture

Flower in the grass
Interview with Nyi Supadmi - Jody Diamond
Cockroach
Not a pest but an award winning comic - Laine Berman

Reviews

Beyond the horizon - Ron Witton
Saman - Marshall Clark

Travel

A river runs through it
Journey to a Sumatran village - Jim Della-Giacoma

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