Wetlands are considered to be unexploited resources by the government and development agencies, which aim to develop agriculture and settle the population in a zone or terroir (Mullié et al. 1998).
Well, since the duty of maintaining and developing Jakarta's infrastructure falls on the local government, and development contracts are often renegotiated annually, long-term projects are pretty much an impossibility.
There are some government services and programmes aimed at addressing poverty and developing health systems, but many communities feel neglected by the new democratic government, and development has been slow.
Co-sponsored by the Departments of Government and Development Sociology.
That story touched off urgent debates and forced the government and development organizations to act.
What it hasn't delivered has been stable government and development or an end to corruption.
Issues of alcohol abuse need to be more widely acknowledged, discussed and incorporated into government and development agendas.
But he thinks that, given time, security, decent government and development, they would turn away from the insurgents.
"Government and development partners want a way for these girls to stay in the formal education system and we are hopeful that we can find a solution.
The government and development agencies have responded by expanding community-based intervention, newborn care in households and treatment of diarrhea and pneumonia, he said.
