Edition 128: Apr-Jun 2017

Villages

WARD BERENSCHOT & JACQUELINE VEL

Published: 09 May 2017

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

JACQUELINE VEL, YANDO ZAKARIA & ADRIAAN BEDNER

Published: 09 May 2017

How a law that goes against many vested interests was enacted

BEN WHITE

Published: 09 May 2017

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

YANDO ZAKARIA & JACQUELINE VEL

Published: 09 May 2017

Taking stock after two years of village law implementation

WARD BERENSCHOT & PRIO SAMBODHO

Published: 09 May 2017

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

LILY HOO

Published: 09 May 2017

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

YULIA INDRI SARI

Published: 09 May 2017

Faulty administrative procedures led to the misuse of village development funds in Papua

AGUNG WARDANA & DARMANTO

Published: 09 May 2017

The Village Law provides recognition for traditional village institutions, but villagers in Bali and Mentawai are not interested

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