Indonesia: Cultivating Democracy
Bojonegoro in East Java has been called the "Texas of Indonesia." Its massive oil reserves have the potential of producing up to a quarter of a million barrels of crude oil per day. But will these oil riches help the poor local farmers whose land is increasingly being put to industrial use? Then, every two seconds, 10 babies are born in India - pushing the global population to 7 billion. Experts estimate India will overtake China as the most populous nation on the planet within twenty years. So just how is this nation coping with such a dramatic increase? And, the ancient music of Kyrgyzstan was at risk of disappearing forever under Soviet rule. But now the country's rich musical heritage is witnessing a revival.
Bojonegoro in East Java has been called the "Texas of Indonesia." Its massive oil reserves have the potential of producing up to a quarter of a million barrels of crude oil per day. But will these oil riches help the poor local farmers whose land is increasingly being put to industrial use? Then, every two seconds, 10 babies are born in India - pushing the global population to 7 billion. Experts estimate India will overtake China as the most populous nation on the planet within twenty years. So just how is this nation coping with such a dramatic increase? And, the ancient music of Kyrgyzstan was at risk of disappearing forever under Soviet rule. But now the country's rich musical heritage is witnessing a revival.
