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This document reports on achievements in many critical areas including child protection, education, health, livelihoods and disaster risk reduction by Save the Children as a result of their planned five-year response and recovery program in five countries: Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and Somalia.
http://www.preventionweb.net/files/12547_tsunamireport20091.pdf
Keywords: India, Indonesia, Natural disasters, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tsunamis,

A ripple in development? : long term perspectives on the response to the Indian Ocean tsunami 2004 : a joint follow-up evaluation of the links between relief, rehabilitation and development (LRRD) / Emery Brusset ... [et al.]. - Stockholm : Sida. - 2009 (164 p.) This report is a follow-up evaluation of linkages between immediate relief, rehabilitation (or reconstruction) and development (LRRD) related to the response to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. The first LRRD evaluation was carried as part of the Tsunami Evaluation Coalition (TEC) set of evaluations in 2005-06. The LRRD2 evaluation report covers experiences up to the end of 2008 in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, i.e. from the four years after the disaster. A number of organisations and government agencies have supported this evaluation in various ways, with the aim to provide conclusions and lessons learned that are useful for mitigating the consequences of possible future disasters.
http://www2.sida.se/shared/jsp/download.jsp?f=SIDA52010en_web_A-ripple-in-develo...
Keywords: Development, Development. Poverty, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 52, Indonesia, Maldives, Natural disasters, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Tsunamis,

As a service to readers BIES has decided regularly to publish abstracts of recently completed doctoral theses on the Indonesian economy. The intention is to bring significant new research in this field, and the authors of such work, to the notice of readers soon after theses have been examined and accepted. New PhDs are strongly encouraged to submit thesis abstracts of about 500 words for publication in this series. Abstracts must be in English, although the thesis itself may be written in any language. The subject must be economics in Indonesia, widely interpreted to include fields such as economic history and economic geography; comparative country studies that focus particularly on Indonesia are also acceptable. Theses must have been accepted to be eligible. Submissions should include the name and contact details of the student's supervisor (not for publication) to allow confirmation of eligibility. They should indicate the year of acceptance of the thesis, the name of the conferring institution and the author's e-mail address, and should be sent to editor.bies@anu.edu.au. Readers, especially former advisers of doctoral candidates, are kindly requested to bring this series to the attention of new PhDs, or to advise the editor if they are aware of recently completed theses that may be suitable for inclusion. Thesis abstracts have been published in the December issue of BIES each year since 2003. View the PhD thesis abstracts published in: Volume 43 No. 3, 2007 Volume 42 No. 3, 2006 Volume 41 No. 3, 2005 Volume 40 No. 3, 2004 Volume 39 No. 3, 2003
http://rspas.anu.edu.au/economics/bies/phdabstracts.php
Keywords: Economic issues, Indonesia, Southeast Asia,

Access Indonesia is a three-year project (2002-2005) funded under Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access (TICFIA) Program of US Department of Education. The main purpose of the project is to foster a fuller interdisciplinary understanding of Indonesia by using recent advances in Internet technology (e.g. Web-GIS, Multimedia). The project is undertaken by the University of Southern California (USC) [School of Policy, Planning and Development (SPPD)] and the Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia (ITB) [ Center for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS)]. Indonesia is the fourth populous nation in the world. It is one of the strong trading partners in Southeast Asia with a dynamic economy, and it has a pivotal role in the regional security and stability of the overall region. Further, since the country is transitioning toward becoming the world's third largest democracy, Indonesia is strategically important for the United States whose mission is to promote democratic institutions in the region. Most important of all, Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world and provides a fertile ground to understand the Muslim culture and society, which has become imperative following the September 11, 2001 tragedies. Yet, Indonesia is among the least known countries in the United States and sources of in-depth, scholarly information on the country are limited.
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/%7Eindo/
Keywords: In Focus, In Focus 2008, In Focus 2008 Week 52, Indonesia, Internet, News. Media, Politics and society, Southeast Asia,

Aceh-Eye.Org is a non-governmental organisation which reports on the people, economics and political situation of the region of Aceh. This includes coverage of its conflict with Indonesia and struggle for independence. The site includes news stories and analysis, plus statements from the Aceh Sumatra National Liberation Front. Also included are background facts about the economy and culture of the region and links to other ngos working there.
http://www.acheh-eye.org/
Keywords: Aceh, Conflicts. Terrorism, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 04, Indonesia, Peace-building, Religious conflict, Southeast Asia,

This site was created by Human Rights Watch to provide free access to its documents covering human rights issues in Aceh. They include press releases, statements and full-text reports issued from 1999 to date. Topics covered include the conflict with Indonesia, the struggle for independence.
http://hrw.org/doc/?t=asia&c=aceh
Keywords: Aceh, Civil and political rights, Conflicts. Terrorism, Human rights, Indonesia, Religious conflict, Southeast Asia,

This site was created by Finnish non-governmental organisation Crisis Management Institute to provide coverage of the 2005 peace talks between the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). It includes some press releases, statements and photographs. Also provided are links to other websites containing coverage of earlier peace negotiations.
http://www.cmi.fi/?content=aceh_project
Keywords: Aceh, Civil and political rights, Conflicts. Terrorism, Human rights, In Focus, In Focus 2009, In Focus 2009 Week 04, Indonesia, Peace-building, Southeast Asia,

Self-description: "The Aceh Research Training Institute (ARTI) was established [in Mar 2007 - ed.] in response to the devastation caused to institutions training young Acehnese by the tsunami of 26 December 2004. The project is a three-year commitment between Indonesian and Australian universities as part of the AusAID Aceh Rehabilitation Program (ARP). [...] One of the objectives of the Aceh Research Training Institute is to train individual researchers to undertake high-quality relevant research. The expanded research training is three-tiered and brings together academics from throughout Australia and Indonesia to work in partnership with academics in Aceh." Site contents: * About Us (Project Background, Project Governance, Project Team); * Activities (Research Capacity Building, Partnerships) * Kegiatan (Pelatihan Penelitian, Kemitraan); * Contact Us (Melbourne, Banda Aceh); * Useful Links (incl. Asia Institute, Universitas Syiah Kuala (Unsyiah), Aceh Institute, Asia Research Institute, Aceh.Net, USINDO, Universitas Malikussaleh (UniMal)).
http://www.arti.unimelb.edu.au/
Keywords: Aceh, General references, Indonesia, Research, Southeast Asia,

This fact sheet provides an overview of the CSIRO project Analysing Pathways to Sustainability in Indonesia outlining Indonesia's pioneering new approach to national decision making that helps explain the impact high-level decisions have on ordinary people and on natural resources. For the first time, a powerful new tool is allowing policy makers to better understand the consequences of macro policy at the micro level. It will allow policy makers to see: - How a major policy decision influences the decisions of families - How their decisions affect natural resource use - How this in turn plays back into national economic performance This paper looks at the Pathways approach, which interprets the impact of macro decisions on different income groups in the community, and how their behaviour affects natural resources such as water, soil, energy, fish stocks, timber and minerals.
http://www.csiro.au/science/IndonesianPathways.html
Keywords: Development, Development. Poverty, Economic issues, Environment, Indonesia, Natural resources, Southeast Asia, Sustainable development,

This page is dedicated to the academic study of the Mentawai Islands and contains a collection of information and articles on the Mentawai Islands, some 130 km off the west coast of Sumatra. The page seeks, through various essays, commentaries, ethnography and the author, Glenn Reeves' own extended anthropological study within and on Indonesia, to become a focal point for information of veracity on the Islands for all those with an interest in the region. Information and links on local movements towards autonomy, indigenous cybermedia, surf tourism and links to the Mentawai Journal are all available on the searchable site.
http://www.mentawai.org/
Keywords: Anthropology, Cultural and social anthropology, Indonesia, Mentawi Islands, Southeast Asia, Sumatera Barat, Sumatra,