Inclusive disaster recovery and local development in Palu City｜Hadianto Rasyid, Mayor of Palu City

Our guest today is Hadianto Rasyid, Mayor of Palu City, located in the province of Central Sulawesi in eastern Indonesia. In 2018, Central Sulawesi was hit by a triple disaster: a magnitude 7.5 earthquake followed by a tsunami and mudslides caused by liquefaction that devastated Palu City and the wider region. In this episode, Ayaka Matsuno, director of the Social Innovation Program at SPF, speaks with Mayor Rasyid about the city’s emergence from this triple disaster, his strategy to use social media to jumpstart dialogue between the government and the local community, and his vision for a more inclusive Palu City. You can read the full transcript of this episode on the SPF website.