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Current picture ·Land, consent and food
Merauke’s present projects have a longer background. The 2013 Malind field study describes how MIFEE land negotiations and forest conversion affected community food sources and relationships. Pusaka’s strategic-project timeline follows later decisions, including the 2023 designation and the April 2024 sugar and bioethanol task force. These records concern related but distinct programmes. They do not justify treating every concession, rice project and plantation as one unchanged estate.
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Papua Road Map: Negotiating the Past, Improving the Present and Securing the Future
Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia / ISEAS
Major Indonesian research agenda identifying four roots of conflict.
Updating Papua Road Map
westpapuanetz.de
Longitudinal follow-up to the LIPI Papua Road Map.
Rapid Assessment of Infrastructure and Indigenous Communities in Papua
asiafoundation.org
Infrastructure from a social-impact perspective.
Education and Social Mobility for Orang Asli Papua
doi.org
Mappi/Puncak comparison grounded in OAP experiences.
An Ethnographic Analysis of the Use of Schooling as an International Development Tool in Eragayam Tengah, Papua
etheses.dur.ac.uk
Eighteen-month Walak-region study.
Strengthening Indigenous Parents’ Co-leadership through Culturally Responsive Home-School Partnerships
doi.org
Bottom-up West Papuan parent/teacher research.
Enhancing Indigenous Parents’ Agency: Integrating Technology to Promote Culturally Responsive Home-School Partnerships
doi.org
Especially relevant to digital/public-tech work in Papua.
Enhancing School Belonging for Indigenous Students in Papua, Indonesia
link.springer.com
Recent comparison across lowland, highland and urban schools.
Culturally Based Learning Needs of Korowai Students in a Lowland-Remote Area of Indonesian Papua
doi.org
School design and learning environment grounded in Korowai context.
Impact of a Place-Based Education Curriculum on Indigenous Teacher and Students
doi.org
Place-based curriculum evidence.
Mengisi Kekosongan dalam Sistem Perlindungan Sosial di Papua
smeru.or.id
Adaptive social protection and OAP resilience.
Pembangunan, Marginalisasi, dan Disintegrasi Papua
tifafoundation.id
Development and marginalisation synthesis.
Rencana Induk Percepatan Pembangunan Papua 2022–2041
badanpengarahpapua.go.id
Current development-plan primary source.
Shaping the Development Direction of Tanah Papua Using Indigenous Papuan Data
wri-indonesia.org
Current data/governance framing.
The Paradox of Papuan Recognition and Development
aseas.univie.ac.at
Recognition, governance and development tension.
Development in Papua after Special Autonomy
doi.org
Economic/development assessment after Otsus.
Special Autonomy Policy Implementation in Papua
jurnalsetjen.kemendagri.go.id
Official/administrative research frame.
Analisis ketimpangan kepemilikan komoditas dan pemberdayaan ekonomi mama-mama Papua di pasar tradisional Manokwari
jurnal.iicet.org
Market access, local economy and women traders.
Rethinking Affirmative Scholarship Policies for Indigenous Papuans
frontiersin.org
Recent conceptual policy analysis; label as non-empirical.
BRIN Papua Research Results and Recommendations for Resolving the Papua Conflict
brin.go.id
Gateway into recent Indonesian research.
Refleksi Dua Puluh Tahun Otonomi Khusus Papua
doi.org
Two-decade Otsus reflection.
The Contribution of Indigenous Papuan Female Sweet Potato Traders to Family Income in Merauke District
ejournal.unmus.ac.id
Musamus research on Indigenous women traders and household income.
Pemberdayaan Pengusaha Orang Asli Papua (OAP) dalam Kebijakan Pemerintah Kota Jayapura
ejournal.uncen.ac.id
Local policy and Indigenous Papuan entrepreneurship in Jayapura.
Pertumbuhan Ekonomi Masyarakat Adat di Wilayah Perkebunan Kelapa Sawit Kabupaten Keerom
doi.org
Economic change among customary communities around Keerom oil-palm plantations.
Papua Expenditure Analysis and Capacity Harmonization (PEACH)
documents1.worldbank.org
Early post-Otsus public-expenditure analysis with substantial local-university participation.
Papua Public Expenditure Analysis: Infrastructure for Sustainable Development
documents1.worldbank.org
Major public-finance and service-delivery baseline.
Papua and West Papua Public Expenditure Review: Toward Better Service Delivery and More Efficient Spending
openknowledge.worldbank.org
Modern public-expenditure review across service delivery and fiscal performance.
The Great Divide: West Papuan Demographics Revisited
apjjf.org
Demographic and migration analysis; tag perspective clearly.
Autonomy Without Accountability? The Governance Challenges of Papua’s Special Fiscal Regime
doi.org
Recent analysis of Special Autonomy fiscal governance.
Local Budget Analysis di Tanah Papua 2019–2020
seknasfitra.org
Detailed local-budget analysis across Tanah Papua.
Papua I: Challenges of Economic Development in an Era of Political and Economic Change
resolve.cambridge.org
Strong economic-development synthesis.
Hasil Long Form Sensus Penduduk 2020 Provinsi Papua Barat
papuabarat.bps.go.id
Fertility, mortality, mobility, disability, education, housing and demographic benchmark.
Statistik Migrasi Provinsi Papua Barat Hasil Long Form Sensus Penduduk 2020
papuabarat.bps.go.id
Dedicated migration statistics from Long Form SP2020.
Indikator Penting Provinsi Papua Pegunungan Edisi Desember 2025
papua.bps.go.id
Current Papua Pegunungan snapshot spanning poverty, HDI, telecom, schools, health and economy.
Kajian Fiskal Regional Provinsi Papua Barat Triwulan I Tahun 2019
djpb.kemenkeu.go.id
Regional fiscal analysis for West Papua.
Infografis Capaian Kinerja Pembangunan Papua 2024
bapperida.papua.go.id
Provincial performance indicators covering human development, governance and economy.
Pembangunan Ekonomi Regional dan Dimensi Kemiskinan di Papua
uncenpress.uncen.ac.id
Locally published book on regional economy and poverty in Papua.
The Effect of Village Funds and Special Autonomy Funds on Poverty in West Papua Province
e-journal.unair.ac.id
Panel-data analysis across West Papua regencies, 2015–2024.
Analisis Pengaruh Pertumbuhan Ekonomi, Indeks Harga Konsumen dan Pengangguran Terhadap Kemiskinan di Kota Jayapura
ejournal.uncen.ac.id
Jayapura poverty/economic time-series study.
Indonesia Human Development Report 2004: The Economics of Democracy
hdr.undp.org
National report with unusually strong district-level Papua human-development contrasts.
Grasberg Mine, Indonesia
Satellite perspective on the mining landscape; useful geographic background.