Politics of Indonesia

IN12966 Page 1 ID: IN12966 To: The Government of Indonesia From: Asian Policy Advisory and Advocacy Foundation (APAAF) Scenario: A (Domestic Drug Policy) Date: February 28, 2014 Word count: <word count> “The D Question: Why Decriminalisation of Drug Use is the Way Forward for Indonesia” About the APAAF The APAAF is a regional think tank employing researchers from multiple disciplines such as humanities, law, pure sciences and medicine in order to provide comprehensive and effective policy recommendations

The New Style of Campaigning in Jakarta Gubernatorial Election 2012 In 2012, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) won Jakarta Gubernatorial Election. They won on both rounds defeating five other incumbents, Fauzi Bowo and Nachrowi Ramli, Hendardji Soepandji and Ahmad Riza Patria, Hidayat Nur Wahid and Didik Junaidi Rachbini, Faisal Batubara and Biem Triani Benjamin, and Alex Noerdin and Nono Sampono (Komisi Pemilihan Umum, 2012a). Quick count of first round showed a result of 42

Terrorism in Southeast Asia: The Bali Bombing October 12, 2002 would become a decisive turning point for foreign and domestic politics in Indonesia. On that day, the lives of over two hundred and two people were claimed after three bombs were denoted simultaneously in Bali and one in Sulawesi. This act of violence was to become the most devastating act of terrorism on Indonesian soil. The Bali bombing can be viewed as the most devastating act of terrorism not only because the bombing was the first

Logging and land conversion activities for agriculture and palm oil plantation by local communities, small-scale farms, and plantation companies in Indonesia through slash-and-burn method have brought a persistent phenomenon called the Transboundary Haze Pollution (THP) in Southeast Asia. Widespread forest/land fires and the resulting haze emerge from Sumatera and Kalimantan island, particularly intense during the dry season, have polluted the air of Singapore and Malaysia with poison smoke, thus

The word “Indonesia” has two Greek words and meaning in it. “Indos” means Indian and Nesos mean “Islands”. According to the Embassy of Indonesia, the whole country is made up of 17,508 islands. However, like the islands scattered everywhere, Indonesia seems to have a “messy” government. The government of Indonesia has started after decolonization from the Dutch, which is called the “Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia” starting from 1945. The structure of the Indonesian government seems very

local communities in EIA must be context-oriented, open and transparent in order to achieve real outcomes (André et al., 2006, p. 3). Context-oriented approach must be emphasized because many communities, especially within the diverse country like Indonesia, have their own rules, culture and social norms to environment protections. Thus, EIA process must be adapted into the social-cultural contexts of impacted communities (André et al., 2006, p. 3). These circumstances would mean that culturally appropriate

big deal, something easily fixable—just re-assign whatever it was that was incorrectly assigned to begin with. However, in economics, misallocation specifically refers to prices being incorrectly assigned, something that is not easily fixable. In Indonesia, what is misallocated is the price of the forest and all of its resources, which occurs because deforestation results in economic growth, which is only possible because the wrong prices are placed on resources extracted from the forest. As stated

Informal institution is related to social arrangements, network, and loosely structures. Its role is to support the early entrepreneurial activity and to substitute the weak of formal institutions when there is no property right system (Estrin and Prefezer 2011, cited in Etrin 2011, p.8). Williamson places the informal institution on the top of his four level of hierarchy considering its deepest rooted and slowest changing which is indicated by corruption. The other three levels are formal institutions

After the 1998 crisis, Indonesia’s economy is known to be quite resilient with a persistent positive economic growth. However, Indonesia is still suffering from an infrastructure gap. Underinvestment in infrastructure, mainly in transportation has left the country with huge burden of logistic cost for the people. Under the current Joko “Jokowi” Widodo administration, Indonesia is now focusing on gaining back fiscal space to provide more funding for its infrastructure. In general, the government needs

idparadityagalangfiles201410paradityagalang-125030100111042.jpg C. The development of PT.Jasa marga (Persero) ,Tbk The development of highways to meet the needs of public transportation from 1978 - present, as a means of travel to Increase the state of Indonesia. Period I 1978 – 1987 Single Operator for Highway • 1978 – Jasa Marga was founded as the single operator of Highway in term of management, maintenance, and network procurement. • 1979 – Rajamandala Toll Brigde commenced operation and was returned