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Indonesia seeks to aid landless peasants through transmigration
The article describes Indonesia’s transmigration program moving 3,000 people to Makartijaya near Palembang to own land, the costs and debates over large scale resettlement and land reclamation, and how Jakarta’s kampung improvements and the Jatiluhur Irrigation project aim to curb rural poverty while facing job losses for women and farm workers. It notes World Bank support and the need for labor-intensive industries to absorb displaced workers.
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Java
Bali
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Sumatra
Kalimantan
Borneo
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World Bank
Indonesia
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