Today is the day. 4.3 million residents in Scotland and aged 16 or over have the right to cast their ballot to answer a straight forward question with big implications: ‘Should Scotland be an independent country?.’ A simple majority is required by the Yes campaign to win the referendum and leave the United Kingdom after […]
I travelled a couple of weeks ago with colleagues from the Knowledge Sector Initiative (KSI) to the city of Probolinggo, in the eastern part of Java. To get there you have to fly from Jakarta to Malang (ca. 1 hour and 15 minutes) and then drive for about two hours. It is a nice car ride. There is traffic on the road
This is the the distribution of seats in the current Indonesian Parliament. A large coalition and a small opposition. How will this change following today legislative election?
The Indonesian Parliament 2009-2014 Read More »
Election day in Indonesia. 187 million Indonesian can vote today for 19.000 seats in local parliaments and 560 seats in the national parliament (or DPR). 22 million of the voters will vote for the first time. The election are particularly important because the also determine which party will be entitled to present a presidential candidate
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Just published with my colleagues Endah Purnawati and Maesy Angelina a couple of Stories of Change on the use of knowledge and research evidence in policy decision-making. Pls follow the links. Working politically. A story of change on the contribution of research-evidence on the new Village Law in Indonesia On December 18th 2013, the Indonesian House
Last weekend, a couple of interesting articles in the Jakarta Globe have highlighted the worrying state of education in Indonesia. As an example, despite USD 33.6 billion allocated to education this year many teachers do not receive their salaries (). In the province of East Nusa Tenggara, one of the poorest, teachers and school staff
President Obama spoke few hour ago to the Nation. In a 16 minutes speech (here) he made his case for the need to conduct airstrikes against Syria following the chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburbs on Aug. 21 which the Obama administration blames on Assad\’s government. In a blog published last Monday by The Broker
Also for President Obama it is a matter of judgment about the evidence on Syria Read More »
The Broker online just published a blog I have written to reflect, from the point of view of the influence that evidence can have on policy decisions, on the the debate in the British parliament about the involvement of British troops in airstrikes against Syria. Here is the link to the blog: The limits of evidence
The limits of evidence, blog just published by The Broker Read More »