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Academia 1 month ago
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The ‘londo ireng’ state: How Indonesia betrays its indigenous peoples
Modern colonialism no longer arrives in wooden warships or under foreign flags. It sits in executive offices, speaks the national language and cloaks itself in the slick rhetoric of "national development."
Academia 1 year ago
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Abandoned land should not mean abandoning reform
The government cannot fulfill its land registration agenda without the parallel implementation of an integrated digital land system, including the realization of the single map policy, and land administration reform to eliminate bureaucratic roadblocks and eradicate corruption in the sector.
Academia 2 years ago
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Land reform: Toward sustainable land management
The next government needs to prioritize spatial planning and land management reform to reflect the realities on the ground, by transferring the current forestry ministry's land management authorities under the agrarian affairs ministry as the sole administrative body for spatial planning, including land use and tenure.
Community 2 years ago
No land for Mentawai women (part 2)
In Mentawai, the amount of a bride’s dowry depends on the number of brothers or uncles she has. The more male relatives she has, the higher her dowry. If the groom cannot afford to pay her dowry on his own, then his family must chip in. This is how the land given as a bridal dowry remains an asset belonging to the groom’s family.
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