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  - Population 225.63 mln
  - Population growth 1%
  - Life expectancy 71 years
  - Net migration -1,000,000
  - GDP $2.15 bln
  - - per capita $1,650
  - - growth rate 6%
  - FDI, net inflows $2.15 bln
  - Cellphone users 36%
  - Internet users 6%
  - High-tech exports 11%

Big Data from Cheap Phones

Big Data from Cheap Phones

technologyreview.com –

Caroline Buckee, a Harvard epidemiologist, is using detailed data on population movements - gleaned from mobile phones - to build precise new tools for fighting the spread of malaria. Buckee’s most recent study, published last year in Science and based on records from 15 million Kenyan phones, is a result of a collaboration with her husband, Nathan Eagle, who has been working to make sense of cell-phone data for more than a decade. That demonstration suggests how such data might be harnessed more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

Big Data from Cheap Phones

Big Data from Cheap Phones

technologyreview.com –

Caroline Buckee, a Harvard epidemiologist, is using detailed data on population movements - gleaned from mobile phones - to build precise new tools for fighting the spread of malaria. Buckee’s most recent study, published last year in Science and based on records from 15 million Kenyan phones, is a result of a collaboration with her husband, Nathan Eagle, who has been working to make sense of cell-phone data for more than a decade. That demonstration suggests how such data might be harnessed more...

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D C to Open Development Technology Alliance on May 12, 2013

The role of home-based records in the establishment of a continuum of care for mothers, newborns, and children in Indonesia

The role of home-based records in the establishment of a continuum of care for mothers, newborns, and children in Indonesia

globalhealthaction.net –

By Keiko Osaki, Tomoko Hattori, Soewarta Kosen Background: The provision of appropriate care along the continuum of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) service delivery is a challenge in developing countries. To improve this, in the 1990s, Indonesia introduced the maternal and child health (MCH) handbook, as an integrated form of parallel home-based records. Objective: This study aimed to identify the roles of home-based records both before and after childbirth, especially in provinces more...

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Umeå Centre for... on May 10, 2013

A story of big brands and water pollution in Indonesia

A story of big brands and water pollution in Indonesia

greenpeace.org –

Greenpeace International has commissioned a new investigation that delves even further into the hazardous chemicals used in the production of high street fashion, going beyond previous investigations in China and Mexico. This latest report builds on the Detox campaign’s work, which reveals how textile manufacturing is a major contributor to water pollution in the Global South.

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D C on May 7, 2013

Group Violence, Ethnic Diversity and Citizen Participation - Evidence from Indonesia

Group Violence, Ethnic Diversity and Citizen Participation - Evidence from Indonesia

amse-aixmarseille.fr –

We study the impact of violent conflict on social capital, as measured by citizen participation in community groups, defined by four activity types: governance, social service, infrastructure development and risk-sharing. Combining household panel data from Indonesia with conflict event information, we find an overall decrease in citizen contributions in districts affected by group violence in the early post-Suharto transition period. However, participation in communities with a high degree of more...

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D C to Open Development Technology Alliance on May 2, 2013

Indonesia: Time to face the past: Just for past abuses in Indonesia’s Aceh province

Indonesia: Time to face the past: Just for past abuses in Indonesia’s Aceh province

amnesty.org –

On 15 August 2005, the Indonesian government and the armed pro-independence movement, the Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, hereafter referred to as GAM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) under the auspice of the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) headed by former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari signalling the end of years of violence. The Aceh conflict had a devastating impact on the civilian population, in particular between 1989 and 2004 when military operations were more...

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D C on April 19, 2013

System upgrade? The first year of the Government’s ICT strategy

System upgrade? The first year of the Government’s ICT strategy

instituteforgovernment.org.uk –

This report aims to:assess how effectively the ICT strategy is being implemented, and its impact on the overall effectiveness of government ICTassess whether steps taken so far have created a firm foundation for future progress in delivering the Government’s ICT strategy and improving government’s use of ICTidentify potential ways to accelerate the implementation of the ICT strategy and maximise its impact on ICT effectivenesslearn lessons about ‘what works’ when attempting to drive change more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 10, 2013

Mobile Value Added Services: A Business Growth Opportunity for Women Entrepreneurs

Mobile Value Added Services: A Business Growth Opportunity for Women Entrepreneurs

cherieblairfoundation.org –

Analysis by the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women across three markets – Egypt, Nigeria and Indonesia – established that there are a number of mobile value-added solutions (VAS) which, if tailored and scaled commercially, could address the priority needs of women entrepreneurs. The Foundation's project consists of three phases: research, from which this report is the key outcome; assessment of the implementation and scale of mobile VAS solutions for women entrepreneurs in three specific markets more...

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on April 9, 2013

Foreign, joint venture banks gear up for SMEs in Indonesia

thejakartapost.com –

With a new regulation in place, foreign and joint-venture banks are obliged to expand out of their comfort zone into a much smaller playing field: the small and medium enterprise (SME) world. Banks have to increase their SME credit to at least 20 percent, no mean feat for banks that rely heavily on corporate and consumer loans.

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on April 4, 2013

The Asian Banker Summit 2013

The Asian Banker Summit 2013

summit2013.asianbankerforums.com –

The Asian Banker Summit 2013 is the region’s largest annual meeting of decision makers and senior professionals in the financial services industry. Recognised as the foremost forum for engaging on global themes, this annual summit will focus on current developments in the areas of regulation, impact of economic stimulus, the rise of the Asian economies especially China, global trade imbalances and the growing influence of technology.

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on April 2, 2013

Supporting Social Accountability in the MIddle East and North Africa

Supporting Social Accountability in the MIddle East and North Africa

siteresources.worldbank.org –

Social accountability is an approach to governance that involves citizens and civil society organizations (CSOs) in public decision-making and in holding governments accountable for its actions, especially with regard to the management of public resources. the transparent policy environment created by social accountability can lead to increased foreign investment. This paper provides a conceptual framework for thinking about how to create a new social contract in the Arab World, and describes more...

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Sonia Hossain on March 25, 2013

Access to Credit for Businesswomen in Indonesia

Access to Credit for Businesswomen in Indonesia

www1.ifc.org –

Women-owned businesses represent 60 percent of the total micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in Indonesia, offering an important contribution to Indonesia's economic growth. With so many women working in the MSME sector in Indonesia, access to credit for businesswomen becomes an important issue to consider. Although Indonesian laws regarding borrowing (formally) do not discriminate women, some women business owners say it is still difficult for women to access formal credit. Chapter One more...

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SME Finance Forum to SME Finance Forum on March 21, 2013

Bringing evidence to policy to achieve health-related MDGs for all: justification and design of the EPI-4 project in China, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam

Bringing evidence to policy to achieve health-related MDGs for all: justification and design of the EPI-4 project in China, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam

globalhealthaction.net –

By Sarah Thomsen, Nawi Ng, Xu Biao, Göran Bondjers, Hari Kusnanto, Nguyen Tanh Liem, Dileep Mavalankar, Mats Målqvist, Vinod Diwan Background: The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are monitored using national-level statistics, which have shown substantial improvements in many countries. These statistics may be misleading, however, and may divert resources from disadvantaged populations within the same countries that are showing progress. The purpose of this article is to set out the more...

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Umeå Centre for... on March 13, 2013

The evolution of risk and vulnerability in Greater Jakarta: contesting government policy in dealing with a megacity’s exposure to flooding

The evolution of risk and vulnerability in Greater Jakarta: contesting government policy in dealing with a megacity’s exposure to flooding

This paper highlights the development of Jakarta and its social-economic-environmental vulnerability. The paper uses formal statistical data, flood historical data and secondary sources to examine the evolution of flood risks in Jakarta over the last three decades. It asks what the main factors that contribute to the evolution of risks in Jakarta are and highlights the poor connection between government policy related to flood control and metropolitan development. It recommends fundamental more...

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Moushumi Biswas on January 22, 2013

The poverty and welfare impacts of climate change: quantifying the effects, identifying the adaptation strategies

The poverty and welfare impacts of climate change: quantifying the effects, identifying the adaptation strategies

openknowledge.worldbank.org –

This book addresses the way climate change affect global poverty rates and presents country-specific studies with implications for low-income rural populations as well as governments' risk management programs. It surveys the research terrain concerning the effects of climate change on poverty looking closely at vulnerable rural populations in Indonesia and Mexico, where weather shocks have measurable short term, if not immediate, effects on rural livelihoods. It highlights how the low-income more...

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Moushumi Biswas on January 22, 2013

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