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Academia 8 months ago
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How to help the world’s poor most effectively
While over 8 percent of the global population is still undernourished, helping children in poor countries in the first 1,000 days of their lives, in the womb and in their first years, can do phenomenal good for little money.
Opinion 9 months ago
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Analysis: Skipping G20, a costly foreign policy blunder for Prabowo
Last month, President Prabowo Subianto skipped the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, undermining his claim to be a champion of multilateralism as well as his chances of assuming the vacant leadership of the Global South.
Academia 9 months ago
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ASEAN floods 2025: Governance at a crossroads
The flooding that peaked last month across the region illustrates a fundamental truth: disaster risk reduction is inextricably tied to governance, including economic policies, and ASEAN must tackle climate issues as a collective agenda.
Opinion 9 months ago
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Analysis: Rethinking Indonesia's DHE policy amid rupiah pressures
The contribution of natural resource export receipt (DHE) to Indonesia's foreign reserves remains limited, intensifying calls to revise Government Regulation (PP) No. 8/2025 on DHE. While the policy temporarily keeps export proceeds onshore, much of the forex (forex) ultimately flows back overseas to service external debt. As a result, the regulation has fallen short of its stated goal of strengthening reserves, an issue that has become more urgent as the rupiah faces renewed depreciation pressures.
Economy 9 months ago
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Indonesia still ‘bright spot’ in troubled world economy: IMF
The International Monetary Fund has praised Indonesia for maintaining economic growth and containing inflation amid mounting pressure from external factors but emphasizes that the country needs the right “policy mix” to secure the future.
Asia & Pacific 10 months ago
Australia dispatches immigrants to remote Pacific atoll
A cohort of around 350 immigrants -- many of them convicted of serious crimes including assault, drug smuggling and even murder -- could eventually be sent to the low-lying atoll after Australia failed to resettle them elsewhere.
Academia 10 months ago
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Beyond the treaty table: Advancing action on plastic pollution
The lack of a global plastics treaty does not mean that people are standing idly by: communities, businesses and governments are already moving forward with national plans to tackle the scourge of plastic pollution.
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