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The Indonesian government enacted Act 6 of 2014 to decentralise village governance, aiming to improve service delivery at the local level. Under President Jokowi’s leadership, village governments received support through the Village Fund, benefiting 81,616 villages across 38 provinces. The fund has been crucial in enhancing government administration, developing infrastructure and empowering communities. From 2015 […]
The book My Land, My Life: Dispossession at the Frontier of Desire by the Australian National University’s Associate Professor Siobhan McDonnell provides an important new addition to Vanuatu’s land history on the island of Efate, home to the capital Port Vila. With a focus on large-scale, speculative land sales, McDonnell traces the land leasing and […]