Traditional fishers are one of the most economically vulnerable professions in Indonesia. But, my research found that they are happier than those in other professions.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Indonesian teachers have struggled to adapt to online learning. To overcome this, teachers should be taught to be bolder in introducing ‘uncertainty in learning’.
A cemetery worker walks between graves at a designated graveyard for COVID-19 victims at Pondok Ranggon cemetery in Jakarta.
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Fisca Miswari Aulia, National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS); Maliki, National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), and M Niaz Asadullah, University of Malaya
Bappenas conducted a simulation to predict how COVID-19 will impact poverty in Indonesia. Without intervention, the pandemic will drag at least 3.6 million Indonesians into poverty by the end of 2020.
Young children pass the time in their riverside shanty town on the banks of the heavily-polluted Ciliwung River.
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M Niaz Asadullah, University of Malaya; Fisca Miswari Aulia, National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), and Maliki, National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS)
COVID19 threatens to reverse years of Indonesia’s positive trends in poverty alleviation. We highlight lessons from past policies to prevent another poverty hike during the pandemic.
To bring attention to the renewed conflict in West Papua, Australian researchers are going back decades to document incidents of violence in a new mapping project.
With no place to wash hands and nowhere to physically isolate, many poor Indonesians are incredibly vulnerable as COVID-19 sweeps through the global south.
The plight of the urban poor affected by COVID-19 highlights the need to to reaffirm that adequate housing, water supply and sanitation are basic human rights.
The ability to achieve native-like language proficiency cannot be exclusively attributed to age as other factors, such as cognitive, social and emotional aspects, are important.
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Second-language learners from different age groups seem to have equal chances of becoming highly proficient speakers as long as they are placed in a supportive environment.
Female teachers perform better in the classroom and women principals lead to achieve better school management. But, female educators have to wait longer to be promoted.
A woman wearing a mask walks with empty cart in Guangzhou, China.
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In time of crisis like today, instead of blaming one another, countries should foster international cooperation.
Room lights in a hotel form the shape of a heart in Jakarta on April 25 2020. The lights were turned on as a symbol of support, gratitude and love for medical workers on the front line of handling the COVD-19 pandemic.
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The patronage system – common in South-East Asia’s small-scale fisheries – indirectly perpetuates destructive fishing practices. However, opportunities exist to tap them as agents of change.
Blood samples ready to be tested for COVID-19 at Bandung, West Java.
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