Counting Conflicts. In English and Indonesian with subtitles

The fall of the New Order in 1998 was accompanied by an upsurge in violent conflict in Indonesia. The largest episodes of violent conflict in Aceh, Papua, Maluku, North Maluku, Central Sulawesi, Central Kalimantan and West Kalimantan are well known. Far less attention has been paid to localized violent conflicts, which have affected most of the country. An emerging literature seeks to understand violent conflict in Indonesia through the compilation and analysis of datasets that record conflict incidents reported in newspapers. This video presents the Violent Conflict in Indonesia study (ViCIS) being conducted by the World Bank Conflict and Development team in Indonesia. The ViCIS study uses local newspaper monitoring to track the incidence, forms and impacts of localized violent conflict. By using local newspapers, the study finds levels of localized violence higher than has been detected by previous studies that rely on the provincial and national press. Preliminary results from 6 provinces suggest that violent conflict incidence and impact are more widespread than previously thought. Methodologically, the study demonstrates the utility of the newspaper method, the importance of using sources below the provincial level, and of including a program of qualitative research as part of the compilation of a violent conflict database. Using this methodology, the Conflict and Development program is currently expanding the study to assemble a dataset of violent conflict in Indonesia covering twenty-one provinces. This project is expected to be completed in 2011.

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[IslamlibTV]

Keren. Luar biasa. Ini pekerjaan raksasa. Semoga sukses. Terima kasih sudah dikirim buletin awalnya.

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[katedc]

Great job, good job with the filming especially.