Aid & Development - Indonesia at Melbourne

Friedman in Indonesia: Boaz offers new approach

There are 25 million poor in Indonesia living on AUD 3 a day or less. Should outsiders help and if so, how?

Talking Indonesia: private sector innovation

Aid & Development, Economy, Policy in Focus, Talking Indonesia

What spurs private sector companies to innovate in ways that cater to lower-income customers? How have governments responded to such innovation? Dr Dave McRae chats with Professor Michiko Iizuka in a special Policy in Focus episode of Talking Indonesia.

Best of 2019: Talking Indonesia

Aid & Development, Arts, Corruption, Economy, Elections, Environment, Gender, Human Rights, Infrastructure, Law, Natural Resources, Policies, Religion, Security, Talking Indonesia

2019 was a big year for Talking Indonesia. Here we present the 10 episodes that were most popular with podcast subscribers over the past year.

What is Jokowi planning to do about stunting?

Aid & Development, Elections, Policies, Policy in Focus, Politics, Public health

Stunting due to malnutrition and other factors poses threats to Indonesia’s human and economic development. So what is the re-elected president promising to do about it? Nur Fitri Widya Astuti gives some pointers for a better way forward.

Talking Indonesia: rice politics

Aid & Development, Policies, Talking Indonesia

How to provide the Indonesian population with the enormous amounts of rice it consumes each year is a perennially thorny question in the country. In the first Talking Indonesia for 2019, Dr Dave McRae discusses the politically charged issue of rice policy with Associate Professor Jamie Davidson.

Talking Indonesia: roads, development and violence in Papua

Aid & Development, Human Rights, Infrastructure, Talking Indonesia

In the wake of the attack in Nduga district, Dr Dave McRae speaks to Dr Jenny Munro about the situation in the Papuan provinces. How do Papuans feel about the government's infrastructure push in the region, and their place in the Indonesian nation?

Talking Indonesia: disparities between regions

Aid & Development, Economy, Policies, Policy in Focus, Talking Indonesia

What are the drivers of regional disparity, what are its impacts, and what can the government do about it? As part of our 'Policy in Focus' series, Dr Dave McRae discusses these issues and more with Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro in a special episode of Talking Indonesia.

Why Indonesia is right to limit NGOs post-disaster

Aid & Development, Analysis

Indonesia has been widely criticised for its decision to limit the involvement of foreign aid personnel in the response to the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi. Ashlee Betteridge writes that Indonesia is doing the right thing by restricting access.

Indonesians are not big readers – but is anything being done about it?

Aid & Development, Analysis, Education

Indonesians' lack of interest in reading is well documented - a recent study put the country in 60th position out of 61 countries in terms of interest in reading. But is anyone doing anything to address the reading crisis? Dr Lily Yulianti Farid, founder and director of the Makassar International Writers Festival, takes a look at what is being done - and what should be done - to make reading more fun.

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