Stymied by Jargon
The level of disparity in cities tend to be high. Rapid economic growth does not seem to guarantee that the unequal gap between the rich and the poor is narrowing. The disparate level of citizen welfare is also a triggering factor, plus the uneven economic distribution that seems to be enjoyed only by the upper-middle class. Inequality seems to be a perennial problem in Indonesia’s big cities.
March 21, 2017
The settlement at Jamika village, Bojongloa Kaler subdistrict in the city of Bandung, is like a maze. Narrow alleyways interlock between crowded townhouses. Fritter vendors, water vendors and little children scurry up and down the alleys. That is the daily sight in Jamika.
With an area of only about 54 hectares, the subdistrict located in the heart of West Java's capital, is populated by more than 31,000 people living in 4,431 houses and warehou
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