ACCELERATING ECONOMIC DISTRIBUTION BY DETERMINING GROWTH POLE AREA

Abstract

The Williamson index value of Central Java Province increases every year, which indicates that the development imbalance among the regions in the province belongs to the high category. Such high imbalance in a region is not positive, but indeed it is a big problem that must be solved soon by the government of Central Java Province. One appropriate effort is the acceleration of balance through adding the growth pole area. This research has several objectives among others are: 1) identifying the growth pole regions existing in Central Java Province, 2) determining the new growth pole regions in Central Java Province. This research applies the quantitative and qualitative analyses using the primary and secondary data source. The analysis uses Klassen typology, Balassa index, Scalogram, Human Development index, and overlay. The findings of this research is the regions in Central Java Province that are categorized as the old growth pole regions are Semarang City, Pekalongan City, Cilacap Regency, Karanganyar Regency, Magelang Regency, Surakarta City, and Salatiga City. While the regions that are recommended as the new growth pole regions are Semarang Regency, Tegal Regency, and Sukoharjo Regency. With the development of growth pole regions, equitable distribution of economic conditions in the Central Java region will occur and the problem of inequality will be overcome.