A quarterly magazine on the peoples of Indonesia - cultures, politics, economy and environment https://www.insideindonesia.org/topics/economy 2025-08-31T11:55:09+07:00 Inside Indonesia admin@insideindonesia.org Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2025-07-21T14:48:19+07:00 2025-07-21T14:48:19+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/beyond-preserving-tradition Jemma Purdey

<p><em>Manggarai adat practices take on new meanings in today’s rural economy</em></p>

<p><em>Manggarai adat practices take on new meanings in today’s rural economy</em></p> 2025-06-08T12:55:49+07:00 2025-06-08T12:55:49+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/the-price-of-sacred-land Jemma Purdey

<p><em>Tourism and quiet dispossession in Sianjur Mula-Mula</em></p>

<p><em>Tourism and quiet dispossession in Sianjur Mula-Mula</em></p> 2025-03-25T08:39:41+07:00 2025-03-25T08:39:41+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/essay-the-illusion-of-choice-at-the-crossroads Jemma Purdey

<p><em>Notes from Kupang and Atambua</em></p>

<p><em>Notes from Kupang and Atambua</em></p> 2025-02-13T08:51:22+07:00 2025-02-13T08:51:22+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/single-fighters Jemma Purdey

<p><em>Why some ride-hailing drivers stay outside mutual aid organisations</em></p>

<p><em>Why some ride-hailing drivers stay outside mutual aid organisations</em></p> 2024-06-20T08:15:07+07:00 2024-06-20T08:15:07+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/memeing-the-precarity-of-indonesian-startup-workers Jemma Purdey

<p><em>Beyond the hype, workers in this booming industry are seeking not only comic relief, but real improvements in their conditions. An Instagram account is helping with both.</em></p>

<p><em>Beyond the hype, workers in this booming industry are seeking not only comic relief, but real improvements in their conditions. An Instagram account is helping with both.</em></p> 2021-05-03T14:03:35+07:00 2021-05-03T14:03:35+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-144-apr-jun-2021/racism-and-poverty-myths-in-tanah-papua Jemma Purdey

<h5>Racist explanations hide policies and structures that contribute to poverty among Papuans</h5>

<h5>Racist explanations hide policies and structures that contribute to poverty among Papuans</h5> 2021-02-01T06:46:04+07:00 2021-02-01T06:46:04+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-143-jan-mar-2021/we-take-care-of-our-own Jemma Purdey

<h5>COVID-19 has amplified existing societal fissures and exposed the alarming fragility of the lives of Indonesian transwomen who work as drag performers</h5>

<h5>COVID-19 has amplified existing societal fissures and exposed the alarming fragility of the lives of Indonesian transwomen who work as drag performers</h5> 2020-12-21T09:17:38+07:00 2020-12-21T09:17:38+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/far-sighted-approach-to-migrant-rights Jemma Purdey

<h5>The Indonesian government is much more interested in its own citizens abroad than Filipino migrant workers under its nose</h5>

<h5>The Indonesian government is much more interested in its own citizens abroad than Filipino migrant workers under its nose</h5> 2020-10-26T09:20:05+07:00 2020-10-26T09:20:05+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-142-oct-dec-2020/indonesia-s-energy-dilemma Jemma Purdey

<h5>Introduction to the edition</h5>

<h5>Introduction to the edition</h5> 2020-09-07T13:36:54+07:00 2020-09-07T13:36:54+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/photo-essay-from-the-field Jemma Purdey

<h5>Be there! Exploring small oil palm plantations from Riau (not Europe)</h5>

<h5>Be there! Exploring small oil palm plantations from Riau (not Europe)</h5>