Yesterday evening was my turn to be with our daughters and read the good night book. We are making progress in Harry Potter N.1 in Italian. However both my daughters are currently very much into Wimpy Kids and preferred to read on their own. So I sat on the floor next to their beds and […]
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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
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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
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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 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 \’
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The San Antonio Spurs have overwhelmed the Miami Heat two games on the row now. These are the NBA finals but it looks more like regular season games between a top and a mid ranking teams. The first half of Game 3 is unheard of. At one point deep into the second quarter San Antonio
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 morning, I was having my coffee and toast bread while skimming through the news. I found an interesting article that made me think about something I do every day here in Jakarta: to go to work by bicycle. The French Ministry for Transport has launched a plan to incentivize the use of bicycles to
Paying cyclists to commute to work. Possible in Jakarta? Read More »