Under the authoritarian rule of President Suharto, Indonesia built one of the world's largest
bureaucracies. However, it suffered from a range of problems including rampant corruption …

This research evaluated the effectiveness of the Law on the Governing of Aceh (LoGA) as
the legal basis for regional development policies in the North Aceh District, Indonesia …

This paper reviews the long-term trend of economic inequality and exclusion in Indonesia
since the country embarked on its democratic transition in the late 1990s. While economic …

This paper surveys the Indonesian economy and the drivers of socioeconomic development
over the past half‐century. It highlights the country's rapid economic development in the face …

Indonesia's oil palm expansion during the last two decades has resulted in widespread
environmental and health damages through land clearing by fire and peat conversion, but it …

Since 2001, Indonesia has undergone a rapid and extensive programme of decentralization
of governance and resources from the centre to local level. This devolution has created a …

To explore how democratisation is transforming Indonesia's rural elite, we examine two
village head elections in Central Java. Despite the competitiveness of these elections, the …

The notion of poverty as an experience of multiple deprivation has been widely
acknowledged. In Indonesia, however, poverty assessment has almost exclusively been …

In agricultural commodity chains, companies with sizeable market shares are stepping up
sustainability commitments through so-called 'No Deforestation, No Peat, No …

This article investigates the challenges facing decentralised governance in poor and
underdeveloped areas in Eastern Indonesia. The Timor Tengah Selatan (TTS) regency in …