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The response to regional autonomy by Indonesia's main creditors has been mixed:
August 14, 2000
The Wahid government's emphasis on foreign investment prioritises the needs of multinational companies over sustainable, community based natural resource management
August 14, 2000
The tension between state control over resources and local communities' demands for 'sovereignty'.
August 14, 2000
Another major obstacle to the sustainable management of natural resources is the continuing prominence of the military in many regions.
August 14, 2000
How far will local democracy be capable of counteracting the negative influences of the military, the economic crisis, the untrustworthy judiciary and endemic corruption?
August 14, 2000
The rights of Indonesia's tens of millions of indigenous people are not properly recognised under Indonesian law and forest-dwellers are at a particular disadvantage.
August 14, 2000
In the run-up to the January 2001 starting date for decentralisation, there are already many signs that regional autonomy will be used for very different purposes.
August 14, 2000
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