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Indonesia’s Millennium Development Goal report card

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Indonesia has met many of the Millennium Development Goal targets, but faces new development challenges as a middle-income country

Making the Millennium Development Goals real

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Indonesian policy-makers need to reflect on the challenges of implementing the MDGs as they prepare for the post-2015 agenda

Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger

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Indonesia has halved poverty since 1990, but significant challenges remain

Quantity but not quality

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Indonesia is on track to achieve universal primary education, but questions remain about the quality of education

Making women visible

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An interview on the progress of the third Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on gender equality

Keeping women and babies healthy within an unequal system

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Problems of unequal access explain differences in Indonesia’s achievement of child mortality and maternal mortality targets

An ongoing environmental challenge

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More action is needed if Indonesia is to slow its current world record rate of forest loss

Disability data and the development agenda in Indonesia

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Indonesia needs stronger data to better include people with disabilities in the post-MDG era

A more efficient approach to social welfare?

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Jokowi’s fresh approach to social welfare and development will not be without its challenges

Where to now for the MDGs in Indonesia?

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The Millennium Development Goals addressed the basic development needs of Indonesia, but tackling poverty now requires a more complex strategy

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