Economy

Bali’s World Heritage listing has put its rice-farming culture under stress 

An ongoing struggle to control a historic Mosque disrupts a heritage region

The end of the boom has not meant an end to the perilous impact of coal mining in East Kalimantan

Mobile libraries and writers clubs reveal a rich reading and writing culture among Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong

Succession within the Sultanate of Yogyakarta decides who will own vast tracts of land

Village morality complicates our assumptions about what it means to ‘succeed’ as a migrant worker

The new Village Law pumps money directly into subsistence villages: a crazy idea, or new development paradigm?

A recent visit to Ambon shows that trade is helping to bridge the divide in a religiously segregated society

Petrol subsidies have gone, but at what cost to Indonesia’s poor?

Campaigns to promote creative industries promise new avenues of entrepreneurship for creative youth, but real career options remain uncertain 

Indonesia needs to create better pathways from school to work

Entering a competitive work environment, young men in Cilegon find their ambitions for employment hampered

Struggling in their transition from education to work, educated young people in rural Flores are often both dependent on and critical of local social support networks

Trying to secure a government job, educated youth in Pontianak are rethinking the meaning of work and middle class success

Young Indonesians display considerable resourcefulness in coping with difficult pathways into work, but more comprehensive policies are needed to improve their job prospects

A new documentary about a Papuan woman’s daily struggle to survive opens debate on the grave issues affecting her society

Hannah Rambe's The Longan Tree tells a story of modernisation, progress and loss in Indonesia

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

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