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Academia 1 month ago
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The price of centralization: Inside the regional budget crisis
As Jakarta starves the regions provinces of vital funds to bankroll high-profile national projects, the country’s decentralized governance is fracturing under the weight of an unprecedented, manufactured regional budget crisis.
Archipelago 2 months ago
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Budget cuts leave regions struggling to pay contract employees
In Lhokseumawe, Aceh, around 3,000 government contract employees have yet to receive their July salaries or annual 13th-month salary payments, while also facing uncertainty over whether their contracts will be renewed.
Society 3 months ago
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After landmark law, domestic workers in Indonesia wait for wages to catch up
The new Domestic Workers Protection Law grants long-sought legal recognition, but key rules on wages and enforcement could take another year, leaving workers like Arnida waiting for tangible change.
Academia 4 months ago
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Not about food: The brutal truth about malnutrition
Distributing food isn't always the solution to stunting in Indonesia; it is also about investing in community health workers so as to formalize and elevate an existing system that forms the backbone of maternal and child care in the remotest regions.
Asia & Pacific 5 months ago
Australia public broadcaster staff strike over pay for first time in 20 years
Hundreds of staff at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation began a one-day strike on Wednesday, the first walkout in 20 years, over pay and working conditions, disrupting live news coverage at the public broadcaster.
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