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  Policy, practice, pride and prejudice: review of legal, environmental and social practices of oil palm plantation companies of the Wilmar group in Sambas district, West Kalimantan (Indonesia)

  Friends of the Earth International, 2007

  This report presents a review of the environmental, social and legal policies and actual practices of three oil palm plantation companies related to the Wilmar Group, a large corporate conglomerate with its origins in Indonesia.
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  Governance in Indonesia: a conclusion from the public forum on governance in Indonesia

  Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2007

  This paper debates the issue of good governance in the context of Indonesia’s recent transformations. The key areas of focus are public sector reform, corporate governance and decentralisation. The authors argue that all significant transformation happening in the post-Soeharto era can be clearly attributed to democratisation. Three examples are mentioned:
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  The impact of terrorism on Bali’s informal tourism sector

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Tourism is growing steadily in many developing countries. Prices for long-haul flights are decreasing, and governments and donors encourage tourism as a way to increase foreign exchange, employment and income. However, tourism is prone to risk from uncontrollable ‘shocks’, such as health scares, terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
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  Living in the background: home-based women workers and poverty persistence

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007

  This paper examines the relationship between home-based work and persistent poverty in certain parts of South and South East Asia. The author argues that an expanded conception of social protection is needed if poverty prevention initiatives are to be effective in the case of home-based women workers.
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  Impact of supermarkets on traditional markets and retailers in Indonesia's urban centers

  SMERU Research Institute, Indonesia, 2007

  What is the impact of supermarkets on traditional markets in Indonesian urban centres? To answer this question, this paper draws on qualitative and quantitative methods to examine five traditional markets. Data analysis points to:
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  Local conflict and development projects in Indonesia: part of the problem or part of a solution?

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007

  It is a common assumption that development projects can help reduce conflict by promoting economic progress and reducing inequality.
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  Changes in population structure and household consumption inequality in Jakarta-West Java and Central Java

  The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development, 2006

  This paper discusses income distribution in Java with a particular emphasis on factors that affect consumption inequality in Indonesia. The document reviews existing works on inequality and relates this to income and population structure by analysing official census data.
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  Ideas and power: academic economists and the making of economic policy

  School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2007

  This paper looks at the role of academic economists and of economic policy think tanks in providing policy advice and (indirectly) on economic policy in South Africa over the period from the mid-1980s to date. The origins of the ideas that feed into economic policy and development strategy are assessed in general and in South Africa’s case.
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  Managing resources to build back and create a better future for Nias : Nias public expenditure analysis 2007

  World Bank Publications, 2007

  Already one of the poorest regions in Indonesia, the island of Nias was badly affected by the twin disasters of the 26 December 2004 tsunami and a devastating earthquake that struck three months later, on 28 March 2005. Almost 1,000 lives were lost in the two disasters and buildings and infrastructure were destroyed in coastal areas and across the island.
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  Decentralising inequality? center-periphery relations, local governance, and conflict in Aceh

  World Bank Publications, 2006

  This paper challenges the notion that addressing center-periphery inequality will in itself result in sustainable peace in Aceh. It particularly draws on data from the Aceh Public Expenditure Analysis (APEA) and fieldwork associated with the World Bank’s support to the current Aceh peace process.

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