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The 'missing middle': Jakarta’s challenge ahead of its quincentenary
As Jakarta approaches its 500th anniversary, glowing infrastructure and plummeting poverty rates mask a fragile socioeconomic reality. The city's future will not be defined by its skyscrapers but by whether it can rescue its massive yet vulnerable aspiring middle class from permanent economic insecurity.
Academia 2 weeks ago
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The economics of social mobility: Capability and cost of climbing the ladder
Mobility rests on two conditions, both necessary and neither sufficient alone. Individuals must possess the capability to climb, and the cost of climbing must be low enough for that capability to be exercised.
Academia 1 month ago
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Indonesia plans for where people sleep, not where they live their day
As the administrative boundaries of Indonesia's urban areas blur, millions of people are having to pay a silent "metropolitan tax" that is measured not in currency but in hours of their lives surrendered to daily commutes.
Academia 1 month ago
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Building a prosperous, inclusive, peaceful and sustainable world
Humanity stands at a critical juncture where unprecedented technological growth collides with escalating inequality and ecological collapse. We need a radical shift toward an inclusive, blue economy and peaceful diplomacy as the only viable path to a sustainable future.
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Deconstructing conflict in Papua: A land beyond vacancy
As the government intensifies its food estate ambitions in Papua, a staggering 58-to-1 military-to-insurgent ratio reveals a development strategy that prioritizes industrial expansion over the basic human rights and ancestral lands of the indigenous population.
Academia 2 months ago
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Stop building schools for the poor. Start fixing education for all
Establishing separate schools for poor children doesn't break the cycle of poverty, but rather institutionalizes it. Indonesia must move beyond charity schooling and commit to a single, high-quality education system that treats every child as a full participant in the nation's future.
Academia 2 months ago
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The irony of Indonesia's disposable labor regime
While the elite debates the fine print of formal labor laws, a disposable workforce of millions remains legally invisible and economically exploited. This systemic engineering of precarity has not only widened inequality but also left Indonesia 30 percent less efficient than its regional peers.
Academia 2 months ago
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Official Statistics 4.0: Restoring trust amid the data flood
In an era defined by an overwhelming surge of data, the central challenge is no longer scarcity, but meaning. Governments today are surrounded by an ever-expanding volume of information generated from surveys, administrative systems and digital footprints.
