Below you will find resources and information on Indonesia.
Newspapers online, which are good and in English, include the Jakarta Post, http://www.thejakartapost.com, and the Jakarta Globe, http://www.thejakartaglobe.com.
Government information including news, can be accessed through http://www.indonesia.go.id/en/
The Government of Indonesia's "Blue Book", lists activities identified in the Government's plan as necessary. In theory all donors should simply choose activities from the list and fund those they wish to do, rather than designing their own. In practice the Blue Book contains only a few activities, of which most are infrastucture based, though this should improve over time if the Book is persisted with, http://www.indonesia.go.id/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7313&Itemid=704
Living in Indonesia Expat Forum, http://www.livinginindonesiaforum.org/, is a great resource for finding out why, where and what in Indonesia. Please note the style of humour of some regular users who post to the forum may not be to everyone's taste!
AusAID Indonesia has a good site listing news, jobs and projects, http://www.indo.ausaid.gov.au/
SMERU is cored funded from AusAID and has some interesting research available online, http://www.smeru.or.id
Down to Earth is based in the UK and is an International Campaign for Ecological Justice in Indonesia. There are some great news and views online, http://dte.gn.apc.org/index.htm
PapuaWeb is THE definitive information network for students, researchers, development workers, community leaders, government agencies and others working on issues relevant to Papua, Indonesia (formerly Irian Jaya). The University of Papua, Cenderawasih University and the Australian National University, the project hosts, welcome contributions of research materials to enhance the resources of this website. http://www.papuaweb.org
Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade, Foreign Affairs Sub Committee, May 2004, "Near Neighbours – Good Neighbours: An Inquiry into Australia’s Relationship with Indonesia"
World Bank Indonesia office website is good source of information, www.worldbank.org/indonesia
Asian Development Bank Indonesia office website is good source of information, www.adb.org/indonesia/
The Jakarta Commitment, signed in 2009 by the Government of Indonesia, invites development partners to join this commitment towards development effectiveness, to adopt the principles of aid effectiveness as articulated in the Paris Declaration as adapted to Indonesia's country context, and to adopt the Jakarta Commitment moving forward with the implementation of this roadmap. GOI will establish an Aid for Development Effectiveness Secretariat in BAPPENAS using GOI resources and those of development partners—particularly tapping their technical support to help us move forward together on this important agenda of enhancing development effectiveness in Indonesia. The Jakarta Commitment is to be based on the spirit of mutual respect, support and accountability. It represents a shared recognition between the Government and development partners to enhance the effectiveness of external financing in Indonesia. It enjoins upon the Government and development partners to make available appropriate resources, knowledge and capacity to implement the Jakarta Commitment. Whilst not legally binding, by adopting the Jakarta Commitment, all below development partners aspire to achieve the strong aspirations herein. http://pendanaan.bappenas.go.id/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21:jakarta-commitment
