Indonesia Politics in Eradicating Inequalities in The Border Area

R Widya Setiabudi Sumadinata ,Ananda Ramadhan Rizki

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/20187309007

Abstract

Inequalities is inherent characteristic in dealing with border development. As a large archipelagic country, Indonesia still has so many homeworks in managing border areas. For years border areas have been marginalized from national development process. The inequalities could be seen in several aspects, such as a low level of public services availability; low quality and access of education; bad economic condition and high level of poverty. The scope of this paper is to explore some changes in Indonesian border management and development under Joko Widodo's administration, especially the efforts to eradicate inequalities. The method used in the research is qualitative approach through literature review and interviews. The result of this paper shows that Indonesian government under Joko Widodo's presidency has done some important policies to bring the social justice in border areas. However, they still have to encounter very substantial challenges and obstacles such as the problems of institutional and human resource capacity. Joko Widodo shows a very strong commitment to build border areas as good as other areas in Indonesia.

Highlights

Most countries still invest their sovereignty in territoriality concern, including Indonesia
BNPP will be expected as institution in fulfilling the rights of citizen who live in border areas
While the transnational border-landers type is a society that is influenced by foreign economy or culture and maintains contact with neighbouring country people even visiting, shopping, working, studying or living in a period of time which is not fixed in neighbouring countries, for instance Indonesia-Malaysia border areas in Kalimantan

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Introduction

Most countries still invest their sovereignty in territoriality concern, including Indonesia. Border area management is always related with national security issues. People in border areas have had limited access to almost every aspect of life. Inequalities is getting worse and worse while other part of this countries enjoying the benefits of development Those conditions have driven people to take illegal trans-border activities for economic survival reasons. National Security as dominant approach has been performed for almost 70 years in managing border areas. In 2010, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s Administration start to put some considerations on socioeconomic, socio-cultural approaches, and socioenvironmental For those reasons, government established the National Agency for Border Management (Badan Nasional Pengelola Perbatasan/BNPP) to accelerate the development in border areas. Government established the National Agency for Border Management (Badan Nasional Pengelola Perbatasan/BNPP) to accelerate the development in border areas This government efforts such as development on economic, industrialisation, and local environment. This effort aim to maintain and synergy between industrialisation and natural environment

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