Rural Indonesia

Flores youth migrate for education, but are their university degrees worth the investment?

Mining law changes in decentralising Indonesia raises new challenges and opportunities for local communities

The benefits of more concentrated natural resources are less likely to be spread

Mining dominates East Luwu GDP but development of agriculture underpins equitable development

After reformasi, Kereng Pangi, Kalimantan became the site of a gold rush

Irrespective of location or commodity, peasants now compete with multinational mining companies on the mineral-rich tracts of Indonesia

Benefits ripple outwards but local government struggles to regulate the process

As a number of communities in East Nusa Tenggara reject mining, tourism as a resistance strategy can be equally exploitative

Resistance is a way of defending local people’s rights in dealing with mining policy

Improved market chain monitoring and recognition of sociocultural dynamics are important for central mercury control

Small-scale manganese mining supports livelihood diversity

A mobile school in South Sulawesi offers new horizons to young islanders

Students have mixed feelings about a mandatory community service program at Indonesian universities

The new Village Law could substantially change Indonesia’s villages. Not necessarily for the better.

How a law that goes against many vested interests was enacted

Indonesia’s Village Law fails to provide village communities with control over their elites

Taking stock after two years of village law implementation

The Village Law might restore the dominance that village heads enjoyed under Suharto

Why residents in Ngada district are exceptionally eager to take part in village meetings