Post-Tsunami Aid Fails to Reach Universities in Banda Aceh

Students and professors get lucrative jobs, but institutions stagnate

The telephone on Abdi Abdul Wahab's desk has not rung in nearly a year. And Mr. Wahab, rector of one of Indonesia's largest universities, does not expect it to start ringing anytime soon.

Actually, none of the phones on the Syiah Kuala University campus work. Neither do the fax machines, which is still the way most business in this part of the world is conducted. To submit a purchase order or convene a

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