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Academia 3 years ago
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Plan B for new capital for Indonesia: Horizontal decentralization
Construction work in the new capital will pressure a fragile physical and socioeconomic environment as land is cleared for new office buildings, homes and the infrastructure needed for a modern national government.
National 6 years ago
Turf war undermines COVID-19 fight in Indonesia
Tensions have been brewing between the State Palace and local governments over different approaches to the outbreak, sparking confusion and also concerns among the public that the nation lacked a unified strategy to battle the COVID-19 outbreak.
Opinion 6 years ago
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Challenges of decentralization
We knew from history how the GBHN was being devised; it had never been designed nor discussed in consultancy with regional governments, let alone people on the ground. The guidelines had always been the top-down product of the MPR; it was exclusively devised and imposed by the elites.
Opinion 7 years ago
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Decentralization and fiscal accountability
Indonesia is experiencing a decentralization process through the Big Bang approach. Without the significant prior experience in decentralizing and only around two years of preparations after the Reform Era started in 1998, Indonesia successfully transformed from one of the most centralized countries in the world to one of the most decentralized ones.
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