Edition 57: Jan-Mar 1999 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

Nov 23, 2024 Last Updated 2:20 AM, Oct 31, 2024

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No shortcut to democracy

Post-Suharto, the opportunities are wide open. Time is short. But a democracy that lasts must be built on solid ideas rather than popular individuals or religion.

Megamania!

She is much more than an opposition politician. Megawati is an idol. And possibly Indonesia's fourth president.

Australia's response

Beyond humanitarian assistance, should our aid program stress 'governance' or 'human rights'? Actually, both.

No turning back

Indonesia's fragile post-Suharto transition is threatened by social conflict as much as by squabbles among the elite. But this international meeting of non-government organisations declares that the uncertainty is all the more reason to push on towards democracy.

Pak Wertheim

Obituary

Globalisation challenge

Globalisation offers only disaster to Indonesia's poor. Student demonstrators should extend their protest to the powers governing their economy

Help that helps

Millions are on welfare. But can it make a difference to their future?

Tough, poor, unbeaten

On remote Atauro Island, East Timor, drought bites harder than a mere economic crisis

Shelter from the rain

Funding cuts and apathy make life difficult for 2000 street kids in Semarang.

The new poor

Where is the economic crisis striking hardest? Not at slum dwellers in the city centre, but at the once upwardly mobile on Jakarta's outskirts

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