It is vital for people to demand transparency, but when popular outrage is manipulated for political purposes, democracy suffers.
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Delays in setting up disarmament camps for former guerillas have cast doubt on the Colombian government’s commitment to peace. But the real problem is its national history.
Two months after signing peace accords with the FARC guerrillas, Colombia is set to start negotiations with the country’s second-largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army.
The South American nation is poised to end its 52-year civil war after a halting peace process that has used the weapons of both war and democracy.
Indonesia, one of the biggest forest destroyers in the world, is merging the country’s environment and forestry ministries, to the alarm of some local activists. Activist are concerned that the merger…
This week’s United Nations Climate Summit produced the New York Declaration on Forests. It promises to halt deforestation, one of the biggest contributors to global carbon emissions, by 2030. Indonesia…
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Assistant Professor of Development Economics, International Institute of Social Studies
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Research Fellow, International Institute of Social Studies
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PhD Candidate in Rural Studies, International Institute of Social Studies
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Professor of International Economics and Macroeconomics, International Institute of Social Studies