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1308: 1158: 1258: 58: 1336:" of other colonial powers in emphasising material welfare, rather than a transfer of culture. The policy's educational component was mainly technical, as it did not aim at creating brown Dutchmen and women. The policy foundered on two problems. Firstly, the budgets allocated to the policy's programmes were never sufficient to achieve its aims, with the result that many colonial officials became disillusioned with the possibility of achieving lasting progress. The financial stringencies of the 1192:(1845-1921), wrote about the moral duty of the Dutch to provide more for the peoples of the East Indies. With the support of socialists and concerned middle-class Dutch, he campaigned against what he saw as the unjustness of the colonial surplus. He described the Indies indigenous peoples as "childlike" and in need of assistance, not oppression. Newspapers were one of the few media for the East Indies to communicate to the Dutch Parliament, and as editor of the 1368: 1048: 1323:
The opening of Western education to indigenous Indonesians began only in the early 20th century. In 1900, only 1,500 went to European schools compared to 13,000 Europeans. By 1928, however, 75,000 Indonesians had completed Western primary school and nearly 6,500 secondary school although that was
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Supporters of the policy were concerned about the social and cultural conditions holding back the native population. They tried to raise awareness among the natives of the need to free themselves from the fetters of the feudal system and to develop themselves along Western lines.
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The policy emphasised improvement in material living conditions. It suffered, however, from severe underfunding, inflated expectations, and the lack of acceptance in the Dutch colonial establishment. The policy had mostly ceased to exist by 1930, during the
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Brooshooft sent reporters across the archipelago to report on local developments; they reported on poverty, crop failure, famine, and epidemics in 1900. Lawyers and politicians supportive of Brooshooft's campaigning had an audience with
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formally articulated the new policy that the Dutch government had a moral obligation to the native people of the Dutch East Indies. That could be summarised in the three policies of irrigation, transmigration, and education.
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The policy promoted efforts to improve a lot of the ordinary people through irrigation programmes, the introduction of banking services for the native population, and subsidies for native industries and handicrafts.
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with government-sponsored schemes from 1905 onwards. However, the number of people moved during the period of the policy was a tiny fraction of the increase in population in Java during the same period.
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accepted an ethical responsibility for the welfare of their colonial subjects. The announcement was a sharp contrast with the former official doctrine that Indonesia was a
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that claimed that the colonial Government had a moral responsibility to return the wealth that the Dutch had received from the East Indies to the indigenous population.
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Proponents of the policy argued that financial transfers should not be made to the Netherlands if the conditions of the indigenous people on the archipelago were poor.
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put a definitive end to the policy. Secondly, the educational programmes of the policy contributed significantly to the Indonesian
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Cribb, Robert (1993). "Development Policy in the Early 20th Century", in Jan-Paul Dirkse, Frans Hüsken and Mario Rutten, eds,
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The policy was the first serious effort to create programmes for economic development in the tropics. It differed from the "
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Official policy of the colonial government of the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia)
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and argued that the Netherlands owed the peoples of the Indies a 'debt of honour'.
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Development and social welfare: Indonesia’s experiences under the New Order
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Development and Social Welfare: Indonesia’s Experiences under the New Order
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In 1901, the Queen, under the advice of her prime minister of the Christian
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Students in an agricultural school for Indonesians in
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Group portrait of indigenous children attending the
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Dutch Ethical Policy and Indonesian National Revival
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Dutch Ethical Policy and Indonesian National Revival
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History of Indonesia

Timeline
Prehistory
Paleolithic
Java Man
Flores Man
Neolithic
Toba catastrophe
Buni culture
Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms
Kutai Kingdom
Tarumanagara Kingdom
Kantoli
Kalingga Kingdom
Melayu Kingdom
Srivijaya Empire
Shailendra Dynasty
Mataram Kingdom
Bali Kingdom
Sunda Kingdom
Kahuripan Kingdom
Kediri Kingdom
Dharmasraya Kingdom
Pannai Kingdom
Singhasari Empire
Majapahit Empire
Islamic sultanates

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