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Society 1 year ago

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Artist couple maps Jakarta’s coastline in an unlikely pilgrimage

For the past six years, Tita Salina and Irwan Ahmett have documented and witnessed the rapid transformation of North Jakarta, an area of dramatic contrasts and home to 1.8 million.

Opinion 5 years ago

The disparity of gig economy and rural-urban poverty

The gig economy is mainly concentrated in urban areas, where people are no longer in the process of catching up — they are already there. The urban gig workers, which dominated the roughly 5 percent of total gig workers in Indonesia, were among the main recipients of negative effects of COVID-19.

City 5 years ago

Tight quarters: COVID-19 threatens health, finances of Jakartans in public housing

Jakarta must develop measures to protect the most vulnerable communities in the capital, including poor families living in public housing.

Business 6 years ago

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Persistent urban poverty snapshot of economic disparities

Robitan’s relocation is a part of a US$74.4 million project of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve living conditions of poor neighborhoods in 20 cities across Indonesia, with the help of Public Works and Housing Ministry.

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