by
Sam Roggeveen
18 March 2008
Rawdon Dalrymple is unconvinced by a Jakarta Post report that Indonesian authorities plan to cut HIV/AIDS spending in order to fund upcoming elections, which Malcolm Cook blogged about yesterday:
The real reasons for inadequate funding (and effort) on the part of the Indonesian and provincial governments no doubt include (a) social/religious attitudes, (b) corruption and siphoning off of budget funds, (c) lack of interest in/sympathy for the Papuan people.