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  A currency basket for East Asia: not just China

  Institute for International Economics, USA, 2005

  China recently announced that it is adopting a basket of currencies as the peg for its exchange rate instead of the US dollar. This move raises the question of whether such a currency basket could be adopted in other East Asian countries.
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  The oil for ape scandal: how palm oil is threatening orang-utan survival

  Friends of the Earth, 2005

  This report discusses the imminent threat of extinction to orang-utan in Malaysia and Indonesia bought about by the production of palm oil (a source of vegetable oil).
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  The effect of school type on academic achievement: evidence from Indonesia

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2005

  Using data from Indonesia, this paper evaluates the impact of school type on academic achievement of junior secondary school students. Three different estimation strategies are drawn upon in this analysis.
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  Exploring the links between international business and poverty reduction: a case study of Unilever in Indonesia

  Oxfam, 2005

  This research explores to what extent, and how, the wealth generated by the local operating company of a multinational company in a developing country is translated into poverty impacts in one particular country. In this case it is the operations of Unilever Indonesia (UI) in Indonesia.
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  Trade, foreign firms, and economic policy in Indonesian and Thai manufacturing

  East-West Center, 2005

  This paper examines the rapid growth and changing composition of manufactured exports in Indonesia and Thailand, and documents the importance of contributions of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) to export growth in the machinery industries.
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  Aceh: then and now

  Minority Rights Group International, 2005

  With a particular focus on changes since the 2004 tsunami, this report explores the issue of external intervention in Indonesia, particularly in the province of Aceh.
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  First language first: community-based literacy programmes for minority language contexts in Asia

  Education Sector, UNESCO, 2005

  This comprehensive report is the outcome of the Regional Workshop on Mother Tongue/Bilingual Literacy Programmes for Ethnic Minorities held in Kunming, China (May 2004). This workshop presented findings from UNESCOs action research on using the mother tongue/bilingual approach in pilot literacy projects for ethnic minority communities.
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  The tsunami’s impact on women

  Oxfam, 2005

  This briefing looks at the impact of the tsunami in Indonesia, India, and Sri Lanka, and in particular at how it has affected women. It seeks to promote debate and awareness of the issues and to ensure that the recovery phase of the relief effort integrates the problems raised.
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  Southeast Asia Human Development Report 2005

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2004

  This report links the concepts of human development, regional economic integration and regional cooperation. It argues that the high level of disparity among countries within South East Asia can be attributed to variations in human resource development and differences in the quality of governance.
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  Paying for protection: the Freeport mine and the Indonesian security forces

  Global Witness, 2005

  This report examines the controversy surrounding the “Freeport” (Freeport McMoRan, Freeport Indonesia) mine’s relationship with Indonesian state security forces in the conflict region of Papua. The Indonesian military has a history of atrocities against civilians and is known to have been involved in corruption and illegal business activities, as have the police.

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