Indonesia\’s 7th President, Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, was inaugurated just two weeks ago. Last weekend he presented his new cabinet, which includes eight women in the post—the highest representation of women in the cabinet so far in Indonesia’s history. This is a time of fast change. There is a positive mood and many expectations. I watched some of the the images broadcasted […]
Is it possible to build a nation as complex as Indonesia before fully understanding its complexity? What is holding Indonesia together despite its diversity? Is decentralization good for Indonesia? These are some of the questions that were asked last week at the Habibie and Ainun Library in South Jakarta during the presentation of the new
Indonesia Etc.: complexity and development amongst cultural and temporal diversity Read More »
Italians like to talk about politics. Political talk shows have been popular but they seem to have reached a saturation point. Too many of them. In the morning. Later afternoon. Evening. Some shows are better than others but they also start to all look alike. The same politicians and journalists as guests. Not always
Article 18: political language, media and the shrinking space for evidence in Italy Read More »
On a regular basis programs working in the area of governance and decentralisation come together here in Jakarta to share and discuss the results of a research, studies and analysis. Yesterday I attended a presentation about the findings from an econometric analysis that looked at trends derived from 12 years (2001-2011) of secondary data on
Access and equity in local services in Indonesia: some interesting evidence Read More »
I have written a blog published by the Overseas Development Institute: \”As #Indonesia votes counted @ArnaldoPellini asks what it means for provinces http://www.odi.org/comment/8562-indonesia-elections-decentralisation \’
Indonesian elections and what it means for decentralisation Read More »
Typhoon Hayian was the 25th typhoon that hit the Philippines this year. I lived in the city of Dumaguete in the Philippines for four years and left last May. My family is still there and we were talking on Skype about the typhoon that was approaching the Filipino coast. Dumaguete lies just a couple of
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 »
In this opinion piece published by Research to Action I describe the process of conducting a political economy study commissioned by the Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction (AIFDR) and conducted in October – November 2012. My aim is to describe how the research process unfolded and why. The audience I have in mind are programme advisors, programme and project