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Development and Disadvantage in Eastern Indonesia [PDF,7.39MB] ll1 The Network ttt! The Development Studies Network Ltd is a registered, not for profit, organisation that provides information and discussion on social and economic development issues. It publishes a quarterly journal, Development Bulletin, runs regular seminars on developing policy and annual conferences on international development. Members of the Network are encouraged to contribute information and papers to the Development Bulletin. Subscription to the Development Bulletin includes membership of the Network. This allows you to publicise in the Development Bulletin information about new development-related books, papers, journals, courses or conferences. Being a member of the Network allows you special discounts to Network seminars and conferences. ll1 Network Office Bearers ttt! National Patron Advisory Board The Right Honourable Mr Ian Sinclair Janet Hunt, Executive Director, ACFOA Dr John Browett, Dean, School of Social Sciences and Board of Directors Director Development Studies Centre, Flinders University Dr Pamela Thomas Professor Fred Deyo, Director, Institute for Development Associate Professor Joe Remenyi, Deakin University Studies, University of Auckland Dr Robert Crittenden, ANUTECH Pty Ltd Professor John Overton, Director, Development Studies Dr Elspeth Young, Australian National University Centre, Massey University Dr Gary Simpson, Project Management and Design Pty Ltd Dr Eci Nabalarua, University of South Pacific, Suva Professor Gavin Jones, Australian National University Dr Terry Hull, Director, Demography Program, Australian Dr Sharon Bessell, Australian National University National University Dr Malama Meleisea, UNESCO, Bangkok Editorial Board Mr Bob McMullan, MP, Canberra Dr Pamela Thomas, Managing Editor Associate Professor Mark McGillivray, International Dr Penelope Schoeffel, University of Auckland Development Programme, RMIT University Dr Elspeth Young, Australian National University Professor Dick Bedford, University of Waikato Editor Professor Dean Forbes, Flinders University Pamela Thomas Professor R. Gerard Ward, Australian National University Associate Editor Professor Cherry Gertzel, Curtin University Mary-Louise Hickey Professor Joe Remenyi, Deakin University (Book Review Editor) Correspondence Development Bulletin Development Studies Network Ltd Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Tel: +61 (0)2 6249 2466, (0)2 6279 8257 Fax: +61 (0)2 6257 1893, (0)2 6279 9785 E-mail: [email protected] ISSN 1035-1132 The Development Studies Network Ltd A.C.N. 008 613 929 Eastern Indonesian Project Introduction 7 Gavin W jones and Yulfita Raharjo Nine years' schooling for all? Children, work and schooling 9 in Eastern Indonesia Marian May Education and labour market issues in East N usatenggara 13 Gavin W jones and Laila Nagib Neither dukun nor doctor: Some problems of the village midwife 1 7 programme in Eastern Indonesia Terence H Hull, Dra Widayatun, Aswatini Raharto and Bayu Setiawan They simply die: Searching for the causes of high infant mortality in Lombok 21 Terence H Hull, Roosmaiawati Rusman and Eniarti Djohan en Family planning and family decision making in Nusa Tenggara 1imur 2 5 Terence H Hull, Titik Handayani, Aswatini Raharto, Mita Novaria I ' and Bayu Setiawan Culture and reproductive health in Irian Jaya: An exploratory study 3 0 Terence H Hull, Djoko Hartono, Haning Romdiati and Eniarti Djohan c The future ofswidden farming communities in the Spice Islands 3 3 Adrian C Hayes Legal or illegal? The choice facing migrants from Flores to Malaysia 3 7 (]) Suko Bandiyono, Aswatini Raharto and Haning Romdiati Approaches to policy research 41 I ' Adrian C Hayes Selective bibliography on Eastern Indonesia 4 4 c Eastern Indonesia Project publications 4 6 East Timor 0 East Timor: Prospects for the future? 48 H arriot Beazlej East Timor: The hard road to self-determination 53 Geoffrey Hull Ambon's second tragedy: History, ethnicity and religion 56 Richard Chauvel The health situation in East Timor 60 Andrew McNaughtan Update Population: Explosion or implosion? 62 john C Caldwell Reproductive health education for female workers in the 66 garment industry in Bangladesh Shahjahan Hafiz Bhuiyan and Niaz Ahmed Khan April 1999 Viewpoint Analysis of the 1999-2000 Australian federal overseas aid budget 68 Australian Council for Overseas Aid Wasting valuable time: The importation of hazardous waste into Thailand 72 Catherine Hesse-Swain Beyond our borders 77 Rachel Sacks From the field Village-level development and the role of non government organisations 81 Colin Barlow Being female in Melanesia today: Indigenous women's voices 1998 84 en Bronwen Douglas I , Development, migration and HIV/AIDS 87 Jon Ungphakorn c Conferences Conference reports 89 Q) Conference calendar 93 I , Publications Book reviews 100 New books 105 Reports and monographs 110 Newsletters and journals 114 c Working papers 117 0 Courses 118 Resources Organisation profiles 122 .Materials 125 Electronic fora 127 ACFOA briefing 128 2 Development Bulletin 48 Since our last issue of Development Bulletin the Network has, amongst other things, launched our new book Education for sustainable development: Getting it right, held our first Advisory Board and Editorial Board meeting and our third .Director's meeting, en and found funding for two new exciting issues of Development Bulletin. We are also in the early stages of organising a one-day symposium to discuss issues of Gender and (]) Governance. If you would like to be involved in any of these activities please contact I , us. Education for sustainable development Our patron, Ian Sinclair, very kindly took time out from chairing the Drug Summit in Sydney to come to Canberra especially to launch our new book. Our grateful thanks to Ian 0 Sinclair and Ian McAllister, the Director of the Research School of Social Sciences, for giving the book such a warm welcome. As Ian Sinclair said at the launch, 'This is an important book that includes excellent discussion on the role that education can play in social and economic development as well as useful advice for those involved in funding, c planning and implementing programmes of educational assistance .. Getting the balance between basic and tertiary education right is critical if development assistance is to be of value'. We have included a brochure ifyou or your colleagues would like to order the book. We recommend it-it's a good read. en Network advisory board meeting ~ If you would like the minutes from our meetings please e-mail us on \ - [email protected] Development and disadvantage in Eastern Indonesia . We are pleased to be able to publish this special issue of the Development Bulletin on 0 Eastern Indonesia. It includes the major results of a five-year collaborative research I , project undertaken by the Demography Program at The Australian National University and the Centre for Population and Manpower Studies of the Indonesian • Institute of Sciences (PPT-LIP I) in Indonesia. AusAID provided funds for both the research and for the dissemination of its results through the Development Bulletin. Thank-you AusAID. We also include an additional five papers on East Timor. In keeping with the theme of this Development Bulletin, we have included reviews of recent books, reports and monographs on Indonesia, irtformation on the work of Eastern Indonesian NGOs and websites on development in Indonesia. ACFOA We are pleased to announce a new collaborative relationship with the Australian Council for Overseas Aid (ACFOA). Beginning with this issue of the Development Bulletin we will include a special section, ACFOA briefing, which will present NGO perspectives on current development issues. Pat Walsh, the human rights coordinator for ACFOA discusses Australia's role in East Timor. ACFOA briefing starts on page 128. April1999 3 Update provide an analysis of Australia's aid budget. Catherine Hesse­ Swain considers the impact of importing hazardous waste into We have had considerable positive response to our last Development Thailand. Bul/etin 'Development assistance and family planning', and two papers on this theme. Well known demographer John Caldwell takes a long look at population and provides some controversial From the field conclusions regarding global population growth rates. Shahjahan At the end of 1998 the State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Hafez Bhuiyan and NiazAhmed Khan review reproductive health Project ran a workshop on 'Women, Christians, citizens: Being education for female workers in the garment industry in female in Melanesia today'. It was a remarkable event in which Bangladesh. Melanesian women challenged gender stereotypes. We are very pleased to include in this section Bronwen Douglas's report on Viewpoint· this workshop. It's aid budget time again. Australia's financial commitment to Good reading. development assistance has declined. In Viewpoint, ACFOA Pamela Thomas andMary-Louise Hickey 4 Development Bulletin 48 Development and disadvantage in Eastern Indonesia Historically the Eastern provinces of Indonesia have been disadvantaged. Isolation, lack of access to resources, poor communications, diverse minority cultural groups and government neglect ate associated with poverty and its concomitants - a poorly educated population, high levels of unemployment, poor nutrition, high infant and maternal mortality, and low life expectancy. These long-standing problems have been brought into sharp relief with the recent violence in Ambon and the possibility of East
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