Aid

Bali-based NGOs are an important part of Indonesia’s growing sustainable agriculture movement

Despite attempts to re-engineer Indonesia’s governance mechanisms, corruption remains a chronic problem

Living with the Lapindo disaster

Bunaken National Marine Park is promoted as an ideal mix of tourism and conservation, but not all local people agree

Australian lawyers and judges lend a hand

The government works with waria in South Sulawesi

Surfers rally to help the people of the Mentawai Islands

Western security agendas have shifted donor priorities, forcing NGOs to rethink their own agendas

Journal of an Aceh volunteer

International agencies need to take the time to understand local groups

As reconstruction moves into high gear, it’s time to listen to tsunami victims

Aid must embrace social change

Who should call the shots – international donors or local NGOs?

Much aid comes with strings attached – crippling loan repayments, exploitation of resources and vulnerability to unfriendly international markets

NGOs and local people work together to rebuild communities, until feudalism intervenes

Foreign policy not poverty reduction drives the Australian aid program

Aid works best when it seeks to confront social injustice

Reintegration funds have caused problems as well as solving them.

Universal access to treatment is not just a dream