Unemployed for much of 2015, Firman Agung now works for the Indonesian government, racing to dig a drainage ditch through his village before monsoon rains begin.
“It beats sitting around at home,” said the 32-year-old as he mixed cement under the shade of a mango tree in Pakuncen, a dusty farming village on the western end of Java island. “At least now I have something to bring home for my wife and child.”
