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Assessing Death Penalty – Law and Economics Style

January 13, 2012

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By:  Pramudya A. Oktavinanda Imposing a death penalty or capital punishment for certain types of criminal activities would always be a controversial issue. Some people believe that the imposition of death penalty is important to create an effective deterrent effect toward criminal activities. Others believe that death penalty is against one of the basic human rights, […]

Demilitarized Zone: Across North Korea, the Last Living Relic of Cold War

December 19, 2011

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By: Aprets It was around a year ago, November 23, 2010, when North Korea fired scores of artillery shells at a South Korean island, killing two soldiers, in one of the heaviest attacks on its neighbor since the Korean War ended in 1953 The attack came as the reclusive Northern part of Korea and its […]

Anthropology: Way of Life

November 26, 2011

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by Ibnu Nadzir, Some centuries ago, Ibnu Battuta began his journey from a corner of the Tangier City, Morocco. He crossed many places in the span of thousands of kilometers. Throughout his journey, he observed many different cultures, awed and fascinated. In Timbuktu, he found people using mud as a basis materials for constructions. In […]

IPA SOLVE Awards: tak kalah dengan voting Komodo

November 17, 2011

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Di tengah maraknya isu voting Komodo oleh lembaga New 7 Wonders kemarin, IPA Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SOLVE) Awards 2011 juga menyelenggarakan prosesi voting online yang terbuka bagi masyarakat. Sampai saat ini, sudah lebih dari 7000 suara masuk ke www.solve.sg. Pemilihan apakah ini? Ternyata SOLVE Awards mengadakan online voting untuk memilih social entrepreneur atau wirausahawan […]

IPA SOLVE Awards 2011: Lebih dari sekedar penghargaan biasa

October 25, 2011

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Batas akhir tinggal seminggu lagi—lekas nominasikan inisiatif Anda! Salam perubahan! Seminggu lagi, pada Senin, 31 Oktober 2011 pukul 21.00 SGT (20.00 WIB), pendaftaran SOLVE Awards 2011 akan resmi ditutup. Sejauh ini nominasi para social entrepreneurs muda Indonesia yang bergerak di berbagai bidang telah memasuki inbox panitia SOLVE Awards 2011. Jika Anda tergerak untuk ikut ambil bagian dalam inisiatif ini, […]

Tri Mumpuni sang ‘Penerang Desa’ akan hadir sebagai juri ‘IPA SOLVE Awards’ di Singapura

October 19, 2011

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Singapura, 19 Oktober 2011. IPA Voices: Maulana Bachtiar dan Alika Tuwo. Tri Mumpuni, wirausahawan kelistrikan yang dikenal luas berkat aksi gigihnya menerangkan desa-desa tertinggal di Indonesia, akan datang ke Singapura untuk menghadiri Malam Penganugerahan IPA Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SOLVE) Awards Night pada 3 Desember 2011  yang akan datang. Hal ini telah dikonfirmasi oleh ketua […]

Bag In Those Indonesian Products (or Not)!

October 12, 2011

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By: Sang Kelana So here comes the time again to put the issue of nationalism into decision-making process of buying or not buying something. While the matter may sound profound, let us face the truth: do we really think about where a certain product was made when we are about to buy something? More often […]

I am – “Made in Indonesia”

October 3, 2011

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by: Boodee When I learnt that this edition’s topic revolves around our very own domestic products – Indonesian goods – I have to shamefully admit that I had a little bit of a struggle to even begin putting my thoughts down. Other than the national carrier, which I rarely fly with, whose soundtrack from some […]

Here is to the crazy ones ..

September 10, 2011

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By Andriani Winoto “And here is to the crazy ones .. the ones who see things differently .. they change things. They invent. They imagine. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward … And while some may see them as crazy, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy […]

66 Years of Independence: Towards the Land of Mafiosi?

August 15, 2011

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By Sang Kelana As the birthday of our nation is drawing near, we can immediately imagine how the typical preparations must be like. Back home, there will be flag ceremony, national anthem and songs being played on TV and radio as well as red and white knick-knacks being sold at roads side… while here in […]

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