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Learning Difficulties: The 2024 Presidential Election and the Fate of Indonesia’s Education System

  • Andrew Rosser,

A crisis in education is impairing Indonesia’s aspirations for economic development. But all three candidates are offering more of the same.

Is social policy now a well-established but ‘new’ form of economic development?

  • Dr Adam Fforde,

Economies such as Vietnam are growing in ways that shift economic activity to services rather than manufacturing.

Reflections on Afghanistan’s economic development: Is China the answer?

  • Imran Zakeria,

If China invests in Afghanistan its economy would improve which is crucial to overall regional stability.

Politicising the natural environment through Indonesian art

  • Dr Edwin Jurriëns,

Many Indonesian artists discuss natural disasters not in isolation, but in relation to broader social, political and historical processes and injustices.