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Interregional Resource                                                    Rapid economic growth in
Indonesia starting in the
Transfer and Economic                                                     1970s was fueled by market-
Growth  in  Indonesa *based resource transfers,
which helped modernize
regional economies, creating
Toshibiko Kawagoe                                                         the driving force for
industrialization; and more
welfare-oriented.
government-based resource
transfers, or development
spending, which favored the
poorer outer islands.
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Summary findings
In 1970, Indonesia was a poor agricultural state, with a     country's economy grew, market-based resource transfers
per capita GNP of only US$80 - the lowest among              helped modernize regional economies, creating the
Asian economies and substantially lower than such            driving force for industrialization. By contrast,
African countries as Kenya and Ghana. Agriculture -          government-based resource transfers, in the form of
with about 50 percent of GDP and 66 percent of the           development spending, were more welfare-oriented,
labor force - was the dominant sector.                       favoring the poorer outer islands (and did not contribute
In the 1970s, however, Indonesia showed rapid              to industrialization).
economic growth (5 percent a year). Softened world oil         In other words, economic growth was sustained by two
markets brought a slowdown in growth in the early            driving forces, government- and market-based transfers,
1980s, but growth recovered and per capita GNP in            which complemented each other. The oil boom was a
1994 was US$880, comparable with the Philippines and         bonanza, producing new fiscal revenue, a luxury only oil-
substantially higher than many South Asian and African       exporting countries could enjoy. It is not always a ticket
countries. Agriculture had only a 22 percent share of        to successful industrialization, as the tragic experiences
GDP; industry, 41 percent; and services, 42 percent.         of such oil-exporting economies as Mexico show.
But Indonesia is enormously diverse and some parts of
it did much better economically than others. As the
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Inter-regional Resource Transfer and Economic Growth
in Indonesia
Toshihiko Kawagoe
Faculty of Economics, Seikei University**
Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. Regional diversity in Indonesia: multiple structure
(1) Regionalism in Indonesia
(2) Demographic and ethnic factors
(3) Modern vs. Traditional sectors
3. Economic growth and regional development
(1) National economic growth
(2) Changes in the export structure
(3) Regional development and industrial structures
4. Inter-regional resource transfer and development policies
(1) Government based resource transfer
(2) Market based resource transfer
(3) Driving forces for industrialization
5. Concluding remarks
References
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Inter-regional Resource Transfer and Economic Growth
in Indonesia'
Toshihiko Kawagoe
Faculty of Economics, Seikei University
1. Introduction
In 1970 Indonesia was one of the low income countries having only a GNP 80 US
dollars per capita, which was the lowest among Asian economies and substantially lower
than that of African countries, such as Kenya and Ghana.2 Like other low income
economies, agriculture was the most dominant sector in the Indonesian economy,
occupying around 50 percent of the GDP and 66 percent of the total labor force.
' This paper is a result of a research project, supported by Japan Center for Economic
Research, Export-Import Bank of Japan and Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund, and
presented at the World Bank workshop held May 5 - 6, 1997. The author wishes to thank
Alberto Valdes, Peter Timmer, Gustav Ranis, Farrukh Iqubal, Juro Teranishi, Cristina
David, Ronald Zavislak, Koichi Sakamoto for very helpful comments and suggestions.
The usual disclaimers apply.
2 Per capita GNP in 1970 U.S.$, shown in the parentheses, was Ghana (250), Kenya
(130), India (110), Bangladesh (100), Philippines (230) and Thailand (210). Source:
World Bank, World Table 1992, Table. 1.



Indonesia was a poor agricultural state at that time. However,, the Indonesian economy
showed a rapid economic growth of at least 5 percent per year in the 1970s, and after a
slowdown during the early 1980s, caused by softened world oil markets, recovered again
with an annual growth of 6 to 7 percent in the latter half of the 1980s (Hill [1996, p.1 1]).
Per capita GNP reached US$ 880 in 1994, which was almost comparable to that of the
Philippines ($950) and substantially higher than those of South Asian and African
countries, such as India ($320), Kenya ($250) and Ghana ($410). The experience of the
Indonesian economy, while not exceeding the top runners of other high performing Asian
economies, still showed a highly prominent growth comparecl with that of developing
economies in other areas. Through the process of rapid economic growth, the structure of
the Indonesian economy has changed significantly. In 1994 the share of agriculture in the
GDP was only 22 percent, while the industry and service sector occupied 41 and 42
percent, respectively. Indonesia is now categorized as one of the lower-middle income
countries.3
However, we should note that a discussion based on nationally aggregated data easily
overshadows the regional differences of the country. Indonesia is a large country with
great regional diversities. If we observe per capita GDP by region (propinsi),4 the
poorest region earns only one seventh of the richest region, excluding oil and gas
incomes. If we include these natural resources in the GDP, the difference expands to
3 World Bank, World Development Report 1996.
4 Indonesia comprises 27 regions, called propinsi. See Figure 1, Map of Indonesia for the
name and location of these regions.
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nearly fourteen-fold.5 The share of agriculture in the regional GDP in 1990, excluding oil
and gas, is the highest in East Nusa Tenggara at 52 percent and the lowest in East
Kalimantan at only 16 percent, aside from Jakarta where agriculture is negligible. The
contribution of manufacturing also varies significantly from region to region. The most
industrialized region is Java where 24 to 26 percent of the income is generated from
manufacturing, while the lowest region is East Timor where the share of manufacturing is
only 2 percent.6 Accordingly, "[The Indonesian] economy comprises both the advanced
technology of the modem cities of Java and ... tribal groups in isolated regions barely
exposed to the outside world (Hill and Weidemann [1991, p.3])". The regional diversity
is, thus, an important factor in analyzing Indonesian economic growth.
Another factor, that we have to keep in mind, is the fact that the Indonesian
government is highly centralized and autonomy of the local governments is limited in
5 Per capita regional GDP at cuLrrent market price in 1990 are compared. The poorest
region is East Timor with Rp. 364, while the richest region is Jakarta with Rp.2,473, if we
exclude oil and its products, or East Kalimantan with Rp.4,985, if we include oil and its
products. Source: BPS, Statistical Yearbook of Indonesia 1994, p.593.
6 Some outer islands reveal a high share of industry, such as 50 percent in East
Kalimantan. However, this does not mean these regions are highly industrialized areas. In
these regions, a few large factories, such as plywood manufacturers, are located in less
densely populated and spatial areas, while other economic activities are rather limited.
The industrial base is rather thin in both a spatial and an industrial composition sense.
(Hill [1996, p.171]).
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both political and economic affairs. Regional governments have few fiscal revenue
sources of their own. Most of their financial revenue is comprised of transfers from the
central government. The highly centralized nature can be umderstood from the historical
context; "the memory of strong secessionist efforts in 1957-58 is still embedded in the
government's consciousness and has set limits to the extent of decentralization it permits
"(Ranis and Stewart [1994, p.42]). Skepticism towards "regionalism" has affected the
basic structure of the governance in Indonesia. "[I]n the last 20 years of sustained
economic development...the national goal of "Unity in Diversity" (Bhinneka Tunggal
Ika) has started to become a reality. ... [T]he emergence of a strong central government
with hitherto undreamt of financial resources at its disposal,...have all powerfully
contributed to national economic integration. (Hill and Weidemann 1989, p.3)". Huge oil
revenue collected by the central government has been transferred to regions as public
investment in physical and social infrastructures.
The purpose of this paper is to identify a working mechanism of inter regional and/or
inter-sectoral resource transfer in Indonesia as one of the driving forces for
modernization. First, conditions of regional diversity are identified. Then, Indonesian
economic growth is briefly reviewed nationally as well as inter-regionally in section 3.
The functions of private market and government based resource transfers are investigated
in section 4.
2. Regional diversity in Indonesia: multiple structure
Indonesia is one of the largest countries in Asia with 1'95 million inhabitants in 1995,
which is the third largest population in Asia, following Chiina and India. The Indonesian
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archipelago comprises 13,677 islands and covers nearly 2 million square kilometers of the
land area (Figure 1). The longitudinal distance stretches 5,760 kilometers over the globe
from the far-westem city, Banda Aceh, the capital city of D. I. Aceh province, to
Jayapura, the far-eastern city and the capital of Irian Jaya province. The distance is
comparable to the distance from Ireland to the Caspian Sea in Europe. Accordingly,
Indonesia is a highly diverse state in terms of ethnic, religious, cultural and economic
makeup.
(1) Regionalism in Indonesia
At the beginning of the 20th century, a sense of common Indonesian identity did not
exist, though most of the regions which are now under the Republic of Indonesia were
brought under Dutch rule by about 1910. In the course of anti-colonial movements
throughout the 1920s and 1930s, indigenous Indonesian leadership and self-awareness of
their identity was gradually formed. The Dutch colonial rule ended with the occupation
of the Japanese in 1942. The three and a half years of occupation dismantled the colonial
system and brought extraordinary changes that enabled Indonesian independence, though
it took another five years of fierce struggle from the declaration in 1945, to the attainment
of independence in 1949. A new Republic of Indonesia with a unitary constitution was
established, however, many religious, ethnic, cultural and economic issues remained
(Ricklefs, 1993, pp.13 1-147, 163, 199-233).
After gaining independence, the central government was politically and economically
dominated by Java, while the outer islands tended to be neglected. The resource rich
outer islands were major earners of foreign exchange, from which petroleum and non-
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petroleum goods, such as rubber, palm oil and tobacco, were exported. Thereby the pro-
Java policy, export taxes and overvaluation of exchange rates, distressed the outer islands
and induced regional separation movements in the late 1950s. These revolts were
suppressed by the military, while adjusting the policy towards a more pro-exporters' line.
As a result of those movements, skepticism towards regionalism and more consideration
for regional benefits set the basic framework of the development policy in Indonesia. The
former policy is characterized by the heavy centralization of the government and limiting
of autonomy of the regional governments. And the latter is characterized by massive
transfers of revenue from the center to regional governments.
(2) Demographic and ethnic factors
On the national average Indonesia is moderately populated at 93 persons per square
kilometer, which is comparable with that of 109 in Thailand and that of 118 in China
(Asian Development Bank [1993, p.4]). Annual population growth rate in the 1980s also
show a modest figure of 2 percent.
However, if we observe these demographic factors in Indonesia by region, substantial
diversities are found. Population distribution has been highly skewed over the islands.
Although the island of Java occupies only one tenth of the total land area of the country,
it had nearly 70 percent of the population in 1930 and still has 60 percent in 1990 (Table
1 (a)). Accordingly, the population density of Java is as high ats 813 persons per square
kilometer, which shows a large contrast with the outer islands where the population
density ranges from only 14 to 77 (Table 1(a)). The outer islands are thus characterized
by labor scarce economy, while Java is labor abundant. The vvage differentials between
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regions and provinces are significant. In the early 1970s, average wages on public works
projects in Kalimantan and Sumatra were two to three times higher than those in Java.7
Though the inter-regional wage differentials were narrowed in recent years, they still exist
more than 50 percent of the differences. Accordingly, a steady stream of labor migration
from Java to outer islands is observed. Indonesian government has adopted
transmigration program, the world largest land settlement scheme, by which people are
moved from Java to the outer islands with government support. Under this program,
133,000 families moved in the 1970s and 286,000 families settled during the third five
year development plan (Repelita III, 1979/80 - 83/84). Besides the government sponsored
migrants, there has been a considerably larger flow of spontaneous migrants from Java to
the outer islands (Arndt 1983). In recent years, spontaneous migration from outer islands
to Java, mainly Jakarta, is pervasive, though there is net outflow in Java (Table 1 (c )).
Rural to urban migration of the labor force is also the norm in Indonesia. Population
growth is much higher in urban areas than that in rural areas, resulting in the increase of
the urban population ratio (Table 1(b)). Though urban population between 1980 - 90
increases by around 5 percent in most of the areas, the growth of rural population reveals
more variations depending on the areas, for example around 2 percent in Sumatra and
Kalimantan, while only 0.13 percent in Java. This is partly because the fertility rate is still
high in some remote areas and partly because the transmigration program reallocated
population from Java to the outer islands.
7 Calculated from Table 1 of Amndt (1972).
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Indonesia is comprised of nearly 300 ethnic groups. Each ethnic group has its own
local language, which often has many dialects within it. Although the official language in
Indonesia is Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), most Indonesians speak their own local
language at home (Table 2). Religion is another important factor for regional diversity.
Though 88 percent of the Indonesians are Moslems, some ethnic groups represent other
religions, such as Christianity in North Sumatra, East Nusa. Tenggara, North Sulawesi,
Maluku and Irian Jaya, and Hinduism in Bali. Therefore, regional diversity in Indonesia
means not only locational diversity but also shows ethnic, regional, and social diversities.
(3) Modern vs. Traditional sectors
Inter-sectoral resource transfer is defined as a process of modernization, in which
major economic activities shift from traditional sector to modem sector (Figure 2). In
empirical analysis, the dichotomized classification, traditional vs. modem sectors, may be
replaced with more specific definitions, such as agricultural vs. industrial sectors, or rural
vs. urban sectors. Though these specifications are done for operational simplicity such as
subject to data constraints, they often improperly classify some economic activities into
different sectors. The modem sector includes not only modem industry but also includes
modem commercial farming. Examples of this are hydroponic/greenhouse horticultural
farms which supply fresh food/flowers to urban consumers or chicken raisers who apply
advanced technology on their farm operation with capital intensive facilities. These
scientific farmings are located both in the suburbs of urban areas and rural areas. If we
apply a criterion, agricultural vs. industrial sectors, these commercial farrns are
categorized into the traditional sector. A major part of the traditional sector is occupied
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by the indigenous agricultural sector, i.e., peasant agriculture, but also includes rural
based cottage industries and various manufacturing activities in the urban informal sector.
The boundary of the two sectors, therefore, is not clear in terms of economic activities
(agricultural vs. industrial) or in terms of their location (rural vs. urban).
In analyzing inter-sectoral resource transfer in Indonesia empirically, the sectors may
be classified into various ways based on available statistical data. The first and most
straightforward classification is to compile the data by industrial origin, such as
agriculture vs. manufacturing. However, this approach also improperly categorizes
modem commercial farning into the traditional sector and many rural based
manufacturing activities into modem sector. In Indonesia, especially in Java, rural based
cottage industry plays an important role in the rural economy. The second approach may
be to compile the data by location, i.e., urban vs. rural. In this approach urban and rural
sectors are represented by relatively urbanized areas and less-urbanized areas based on
various criteria, such as the share of agriculture in the regional GDP or the share of the
agricultural labor force. As discussed in the following section, this approach also does
not give us a clear enough classification, since there is no region which typically
represents urban or rural areas in Indonesia. In this paper, we therefore handle regional
data without aggregation based on an artificial dichotomy of rural vs. urban.
3. Economic growth and regional development
Until the mid-1960s, Indonesia was regarded as a chronic dropout, whose economic
problems were as serious as those of developing countries in Africa (Hill, 1996, pp. 1 -8).
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Since then, the Indonesian economy has recovered and has attained an accelerating
growth as one of the HPAEs.8
(1) National economic growth
In the new rapid and sustainable growth, the real GDP increased at a 7.7 percent
annual rate in the 1970s and after the slowdown to around 4 percent during the early
1980s. This slowdown was caused by softened world oil markets. The economy
recovered again with an annual growth of 6 to 7 percent in the latter half of the 1980s
(Hill 1996, pp. 15-7). Accordingly, per capita GDP substantially increased from $190 in
1960 to $628 in 1994.9
In the course of rapid economic growth, the industrial structure has changed
significantly (Table 3). The share of agriculture, including forestry and fishery, has
declined from 54 percent in 1960 to only 17 percent in 1995. Accordingly, the share of
industrial sectors, such as manufacturing, electricity, gas ancd water supply, and
construction, has increased significantly from 11 percent in :1960 to 33 percent in 1995.
The mining sector occupied only 4 percent of the GDP share in 1960. However, the
increase in oil production, coupled with high oil prices in the 1970s pushed up its share to
26 percent in 1980. It declined again to 19 percent in 1995, partly because of lower oil
prices since the 1980s and partly because of the development of non-oil manufacturing
sectors. Steady changes in the industrial structure, from the agricultural sector to
8 High Performing Asian Economies, World Bank (1993).
9At 1987 constant price in US$. Source: World Bank, Worlc DATA 1995.
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industrial sectors, are clearly observed from national level data. The share of labor force
by each sector also indicates a change in the industrial structure. The agricultural labor
force steadily decreased from 73 percent in 1961 to 50 percent in 1990, while that in
industry and services increased from 8 and 19 percent in 1961 to 12 and 33 percent in
1990, respectively.10
(2) Changes in the export structure
Merchandise exports of Indonesia expanded more than six-fold in real terms over the
past three decades. Not only the scale, but also the composition of the exports has
significantly changed (Figure 3 (1)). Until the end of the 1960s, agricultural products
were the most dominant export commodities. For example, throughout the 1960s,
agricultural produce occupied 50 to 60 percent of the exports. Major export products
were cash crops, such as natural rubber, palm oil, coffee, and tea. These crops are often
referred to as "estate crops' or "plantation crops", since they are mainly produced by large
plantation farms. However, in Indonesia almost 70 percent of total value added in cash
crops accrued from the small holder sector by 1960 (Booth [1988, p.198-9]). In the
1960s, the second most important export commodities were petroleum and its products,
which occupied the other 30 to 40 percent of the total exports, while the export of
industrial products was negligible.
The export structure drastically changed in the early 1970s. The decline of the share
of farm produce was compensated for by the increase of forestry products. In 1974 crude
Hill (1996, p.22), Table 2.2.
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oil export prices had risen more than six-fold compared with that in 1971. The sharp
price increase, coupled with the expansion of production, caused a dramatic rise in
petroleum exports during the oil boom. Petroleum accounted for 70 percent of export
earnings, 22 percent of the GDP and 55 percent of total government revenue (Woo,
Glassburner, and Nasution [1994, p.54]). As an oil exporting country, petroleum and its
products have remained important exports commodities, but their share has declined to
less than 20 percent in the 1990s. This is partly because of a softened world oil market
since the early 1980s and partly because of the acceleration of industrial exports. A series
of structural adjustment policies in the 1 980s enabled Indonesia to get rid of its heavily oil
dependent economy.
Indonesian terms of trade had greatly improved during the oil boom, sustained mainly
by the oil sector. On the other hand, the terms of trade for non-oil export sectors
stagnated or even worsened during and after the oil boom (Figure 3 (2)). Absorption of
oil revenues, though benefiting the government's revenue, raised structural problems, i. e.
hardships in the non-booming sectors and a shrinkage in traditional exports." The major
components of these non-oil export sectors were traditional sectors, such as rubber, palm
oil and forestry products. The oil boom therefore affected the outer islands negatively,
since they heavily relied on these sectors and the revenue from oil tax was directly
transferred to the central government. This created all probability of economic and
political turmoil to occur. To prevent, a substantial devaluation was implemented in
"This referred to as the "Dutch disease" phenomenon. See Woo, Glassburner, and
Nasution [1994, Chapter 8] for further discussion.
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1978, which was only the beginning of successive devaluations which occurred in 1983
and 1986 (Figure 3 (3))12. Warr (1992, p.156) argued that Indonesia took a cautious
exchange rate policy, which enabled it to absorb oil revenues into the domestic economy,
and "seem to have been used in a manner to promote economic growth". At the same
time, the central government transferred massive resources to regional governments as
development expenditure in efforts to solve the structural problems.
(3) Regional development and industrial structures
Though the Indonesian economy at the national level shows rapid economic growth
over the past three decades, there exist large inter-regional variations in the growth rate
and their income level. In 1971 non-oil per capita GRDP (Gross Regional Domestic
Product) in Jakarta was five times higher than those in the Nusa Tengarra region and
nearly two times higher than those in the other regions of Java. Since then, most of the
higher income regions have grown slowly at below-average growth rates, while 6 of 11
lower income regions have kept above the average economic growth for the past two
decades (Figure 4). The only exception is Jakarta, where an even higher income was
attained with the overall rapid growth. If we exclude Jakarta and East Kalimantan from
the sample, we can observe a fairly strong negative correlation of -0.64 between per capita
GRDP in 1971 and the average annual growth rate from 1971 to 1992. The coefficient of
variation of the per capita GRDP has declined from 0.31 in 1971 to 0.24 in 1992. It
12 The Rupiah was devalued by 50 percent in November 1978, by 37 percent in March
1983 and again by 50 percent in October 1986.
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suggests that a regional income difference has tended to converge during the past two
decades, though 7 low income regions stagnated with below average growth rate and
remained at very low income levels. There still exists large income disparities over the
region, especially between the Jakarta metropolis and other regions.
There also exist large variations in the degree of industrialization among the regions.
An industrialization index, defined as the ratio of GRDP in industry to agriculture, has
been calculated for 12 regions, where GRDP data are available in 1969. When we
compare the index in 1969 with its average annual growth rate during the 1969 to 1992
period, a clear negative tendency is observed (Figure 5). Most less-industrialized regions
showed high growth in the industrialization index, while more industrialized regions
showed a slower growth rate. Actually, the coefficient of variation of the index in 1969
was 1.00, which declined to 0.59 in 1992. The degree of industrialization among the
regions has converged during the past quarter century.
Now let us examine regional differences in the economic structure. The contribution
of the GRDP from economic activities is shown in Table 4. Though nearly 60 percent of
total GDP is generated in Java, it is almost comparable with the share of its population.
When we observe the relative contribution to the GDP by economic activities in each
area, some areas reveal a large share of mining sectors, because of the uneven
distribution of natural resources, such as oil, natural gas and forestry. The share of
manufacturing varies from 10 to 30 percent over each region and the share of agriculture
varies from 15 to 45 percent. However, we realize that no area can be categorized into a
typical industrialized or agricultural area. Therefore, we can riot apply the simple
dichotomy of industrialized vs. agricultural, to the regions in Indonesia. For example, the
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data of Java show the largest share of manufacturing and lowest share of agriculture
among the islands. However, at the same time, Java has the largest agricultural sector,
which contributes more than half of the agricultural GDP in Indonesia (Table 5). Java is
an area where both major agricultural and industrialized sectors are existing side by side.
If we examine these agricultural activities in detail, they reveal that the food sector is
distributed evenly over the islands, though Kalimantan and Maluku have a large share of
forestry and Sumatra has a relatively large estate tree crops' sector. As far as food crops,
Java produces 65 percent of the total food crop production and Sumatra is the largest
producing area of estate tree crops. However, we can not apply a stereotyped dichotomy
likes food crops in Java vs. tree crops in the outer islands, because Java is also the second
largest center producing of estate tree crop production 30 percent of the estate tree crops.
Moreover, Java has the largest numbers of the small holders' tree crops sector, which
accounts for 45 percent of these crops.
In examining how industrial structures have contributed to regional income
disparities, we can see regional concentration of economic activities in terms of GRDP
measured for 1983 and 1990 (Table 6). A pseudo Gini coefficient is calculated for each
economic activity (Rao [1969]). Here, Gj , the pseudo Gini coefficient of the i-th sector,
indicates a concentration of the i-th sector over the region and 9, is the share of the GDP
contributed by the i-th sector. Then, 9,G, indicates the relative contribution of the sector
to the overall regional income disparity.
Reflecting the highly uneven distribution of natural resources, the mining sector
reveals the largest Gini coefficient and contributing largely to the regional income
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disparity. Relatively large Gini coefficients in manufacturing, banking and tourism
sectors indicate these sectors are concentrated in certain regions and another cause of the
income disparity. On the other hand, the Gini coefficient in agriculture is very low and
contributes little to regional income disparity, in spite of its large share in the regional
economies. These results suggest that promotion of manufacturing, banking and tourism
in low income regions could be a key factor for regional economic development in
Indonesia.
4. Inter-regional resource transfer and developmrent policies
(1) Government based resource transfer
Since the late 1960s, the Indonesian government adopted the balanced budget
principle. Though this principle is somewhat tricky, since fireign aid and borrowing are
included to attain the nominal balance, it contributed to reduce inflation and maintain
macro-economic stability (Hill [19961, Woo et al. [1994]). The size of government has
risen sharply as oil prices rose rapidly during the oil boom. In 1967 the oil revenue
occupied only 12 percent of the total revenue, which expanded sharply to around 60
percent throughout the mid-1970s and the 1980s (Table 7(a)). "The central government
has had hitherto unimaginable resources..., [a]nd until the early 1980s, most of the
government's revenue was raised painlessly, financed abroad by taxpayers and oil
consumers (Hill [1996, p.43])". In recent years the share of oil revenue has dropped to
less than 20 percent, which is almost comparable level with ithat in the late 1960s.
However, we should note that the component of the non-oil revenue in recent years differs
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much from that in the 1960s. Import duties were major source of the revenue in the late
1960s, while income tax occupies important share in the 1990s.
Central government expenditures in Indonesia comprise routine (operational) and
development (investment) expenditures. The routine expenditures include the personnel
and material expenses of the central government, interest payments and subsidies to local
governments' personnel expenses. Thus a major part of the routine expenditures consists
of institutional supporting costs. By contrast, the development expenditure consists of
various investment programs implemented by the central government and subsidies to
local governments at various levels, such as villages, sub-districts and districts. The
project aids are included in the development expenditures (Table 7(b)). In 1967
development expenditures accounted for only 20 percent, while routine expenditures
occupied 80 percent of the total budget. Personnel expense to civil servants dominated
the budget at that time. However, during the oil boom since the mid-1970s, with the
expansion of fiscal revenue, the development expenditures substantially increased and the
share reached to more than 50 percent. Though the share has declined to around 40
percent in the 1990s, the development expenditures are a major source of government
based resource transfer to the regions in Indonesia.
In Table 8 the components of development expenditures are summarized by economic
sectors. In 1970 nearly a quarter of the development expenditure was directed to
agriculture and investment in irrigation. It was reflected in the first Five Year Plan
(Replita I), launched in 1969, which placed emphasis on investment in the basic
infrastructure. In 1990, the expenditure to agriculture declined to 13 percent, while that to
education increased to nearly 20 percent. Investments in road construction, categorized
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into transportation and tourism, has maintained a relatively large share throughout the
period. These figures indicate that a major part of the govermnent's recent development
expenditure is directed to investment in the social infrastructure, such as roads and
schools.
how are these development expenditures allocated over the regions? In 1974, 63
percent of the development budget was allocated to Java and 21 percent to Sumatra.
These figures are comparable with those of the population share (Table 9). Actually, per
capita allocation of the development expenditure budget was Rp. 0.82 on the average,
while that in Java and Sumatra was Rp. 0.80 and Rp. 0.90, respectively. The
development budget at this time was allocated fairly evenly in terms of population. By
contrast, since the 1980s, differences of per capita allocations expanded over the regions.
In 1982, for example, Kalimantan received a 3.6 times higher budget than Java in terms of
per capita basis. East Timor received more than s 4 times higher allocation than Java in
1990. Less densely populated regions in the outer islands tend to receive more of the
budget partly because the development expenditures were allocated as a lump sum fund
under Replita IV"3 and partly because the investments in health and education facilities
tend to be larger in less densely populated regions (Asher and Booth [1992, pp.70-1]).
To what extent development expenditures are allocated to give a priority to relatively
poor regions will be examined in the next section.
3 Fourth Five-Year Development Plan from 1984/85 to 1988/89.
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(2) Market based resource transfer
Market based resource transfer from the traditional sector to the modem sector occurs
through the market mechanism, whenever the rate of return of resources in the latter is
higher than that of former (Teranishi [1997]). Net savings of traditional sector can be
assumed to be invested in the modem sector through financial markets, if there is no
spillover abroad. Unfortunately, little financial data are available in Indonesia which
describe the resource flow from traditional to modem sectors. However, it is apparent
that the domestic savings rate increased over time. Until the early 1970s, the savings rate
reveals only around 5 to 7 percent, which increased to 23 percent in the 1970s and 26
percent in the 1980s (Woo et al. [1994], p.120). We have no data which describe the net
savings accrue from the rural sector. The only available data are domestic and foreign
investments at the approval stage. This data does not include banking and oil sectors and
not all investments listed in the data are actually realized. While accepting these
shortcomings, we can still sketch out a rough trend of the resource flows through private
channels according to economic sectors and by regions.
Around 1970, foreign investments were concentrated in mining and agriculture
sectors, which accounted for 72 percent of the total approved investments (Table 10). On
the other hand, more than half of the domestic investments were done in the
manufacturing sector, while the investment to the mining sector was negligible, reflecting
the domination of foreign companies in the mining sector. By contrast, in the early 1990
investment to agriculture decreased to a negligible level, while the investments to
manufacturing and services, such as trade and the hotel industry, increased substantially.
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Domestic investment has been directed to the manufacturing sector, of which the share
reached more than 60 percent in the early 1990s.
These changes reflect the series of structural reforms, irrmplemented in the 1980s. After a
transitional period in the early 1980s, the non-oil manufacturing sectors have revealed a
real industrial dynamism. Along with this the private sector has become the primary
engine of industrial growth (Hill [1996, pp. 153-5]).
(3) Drivingforcesfor industrialization
Data on foreign and domestic investments discussed in the previous section are also
available for each region. Since market based resource transfer induces industrialization
as a form of private investments to the modem sector, if the degree of industrialization is
positively correlated to private investments, we can postulate that market based resource
transfer functions effectively as driving force for industrialization. In Indonesia, in order
to see how private investments contribute to industrialization in comparison with
government based resource transfer, an industrialization index, defined as the ratio of
GRDP in industry to agriculture (See also Figure 5), is regressed by two types of
variables, development expenditure (DE) and private investments (DI, FI). Development
expenditure, measured as the cumulative sum of development expenditure for each
region, represent government based resource transfer, while private investments,
cumulative sum of domestic and foreign investments, represent market based resource
transfer. Though the regional data used here include both traditional and modern sector
investments, if the coefficient is positive and significant., we can infer that net resources
are being transferred from the traditional to the modem sector through private market
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channels promoting industrialization in Indonesia and acting as the driving force for
modernization.
The estimation results are shown in Table 11 for the data set in 1983 and 1990. The
1983 data set represents the pre-structural adjustment period, while that of 1990
represents the post adjustment era. In both years, coefficients on private investments (DI
& FI) are positive and highly significant at a 1 percent level (Regressions QI and Q3),
suggesting the validity of the hypothesis. If we apply domestic and foreign investments
separately as explanatory variables, the coefficients of domestic investments reveal
positive and statistically significant results (Q2 and Q4). On the other hand, while foreign
investments are positive and barely significant in 1983, they are not significant in 1990.
One possible explanation of this result is that the foreign investments tend to directed to
service sectors, such as tourism and marketing (See Table 10), and domestic investments
play a major role in industrialization in the post-structural adjustment period in the 1 990s.
By contrast, all coefficients of government based transfer are insignificant. The result
seems to suggest that the government based transfer does not have a direct impact on
industrialization. However, if regional income level (per capita GRDP) or ratio of poor
households by per capita expenditures is used as an explanatory variable, instead of the
industrialization index, both the government based and the market based resource
transfers reveal positive for GRDP (Regressions Rl A and R2A) and negative for
POVERTY, ratio of poor households (RiB and R2B). The coefficients in 1990
regressions are highly significant (Table 12). The result indicates that government based
transfer contributes to arise in regional incomes and to alleviate poverty, while direct
contribution to industrialization is not observed. The government based transfer seems to
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place its emphasis on welfare implications, which favor relatively poor regions."4 In
general, industrialization in a region raises the regional incor.e level. The market based
transfer, which has strong impact on industrialization, also contributed to improve
regional income level in 1990. Though weak poverty alleviation effects are observed, the
insignificant coefficient in 1983 for GRDP may indicate the industrialization in the pre-
adjustment period was too limited in terms of scale and coverage to reveal any overall
impacts on income improvements throughout the regions.
5. Concluding remarks
Regional dimension is a critical factor in analyzing economic development in the
context of sectoral resource transfer, especially when studying a large country with great
regional diversities, like Indonesia. Discussions based on national aggregate data often
overshadow regional diversity and the internal mechanisms of regional or sectoral
economic growth. Therefore, a regional approach is applied in this study, while
recognizing the difficulties in accessing regional data. Another difficulty in analyzing
sectoral resource transfer is related to the often used categorization of modem and
traditional sectors.
A dichotomous approach by economic sectors or regions often excludes
miscellaneous but important economic activities, such as modem farming and traditional
cottage industries, or modern industry in rural areas and agriculture in urban areas. This
14 Ravallion (1988, p.68) found the Inpres (Presidential Instructions) program fund, core
of development expenditure, revealed a mild aversion to regional inequality in 1985/86.
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problem is especially serious in peasant economies in Asia, where off-farm activities in
rural areas are so pervasive. The above two caveats particularly applied to Indonesia,
where regional diversities are great and miscellaneous economic activities are interwoven
throughout the regions.
The Indonesian economy as a whole has attained rapid and sustainable growth since
the mid 1960s. Per capita GDP substantially increased the industrial structure and
composition of the exports has changed significantly. Behind the miraculous economic
growth in Indonesia since the mid-I 960s, tactical development policies, whether they
were intended or not, were implemented in the 1970s and 1980s. Expanded fiscal
revenue during the oil boom enabled the transfer of massive resources to outer islands
where they were heavily relied on suffering non-oil export sectors. A strongly centralized
government monopolized oil revenue, while massive resources were transferred through a
government based channel which contributed to developing regional infrastructure,
including human capital. When the oil market softened in the 1980s, a series of
structural adjustment policies were implemented, which succeeded in establishing and
developing non-oil industrial sectors.
In the process of economic growth, market based resource transfer played a key role
in modernizing the regional economies creating the driving force for industrialization. By
contrast government based resource transfer, in the form of development expenditure,
seems to have contributed more to the welfare-oriented dimension favoring the relatively
poor regions in the outer islands. Economic growth in Indonesia was thus sustained by
two driving forces, government and market based transfers, which functioned
complementary to induce industrialization. Though the oil boom was a bonanza in terms
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of fiscal revenue, it is a luxury which only oil exporting countries could enjoy. Therefore,
we should note that it is not always a ticket to successful industrialization, as the tragic
experiences by some other oil exporting economies, such as Mexico show in contrast with
that of Indonesia.
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Table 1. Demographic factors in Indonesia by region.
(a) Population density and percentage distribution of the population, 1930 - 1990.
Area            Population Density (population per sq. km) and
distribution of the population in parentheses (%)
(sq.km)      (%)          1930          1961         1990
Java               132,186    8.9       316   (69)  477   (65)   813   (60)
Sumatra           473,481   24.7        17    (14)   33   (16)   77   (20)
Kalimantan        539,460   28.1        4      (4)    8    (4)    17   (5)
Sulawesi           189,216    9.9       22    (7)    37    (7)    66    (7)
Other Islands     584,974   30.5         7     (7)    12   (7)    14   (8)
Total            1,919,317   100.0      32   (100)  51   (100)  93   (100)
Note: Total population: 60,593,000 (1930); 97,085,000 (1961); 179,248,000 (1990).
(b ) Distribution of urban and rural population, 1961 -1990.
Share of urban population     Population growth rates 1980-90
(%)                            (% /year)
1961      1980      1990         Total    Urban      Rural
Java             15.6      25.1      35.7          1.66      5.28      0.13
Sumatra                    19.6      25.5         2.67       5.42      1.88
Kalimantan       13.4      21.5      27.5         3.09       5.69      2.26
Sulawesi                   15.9      22.1          1.87      5.26      1.09
Other Islands              12.2       18.3        2.18       6.39      1.45
Total                      22.3      30.9          1.98      5.37      0.79
(c ) Migration between regions, 1966 - 71, 1985 - 90 .
000 people              1966-71                          1985-90
Outflow    Inflow     Net        Outflow    Inflow     Net
outflow                          outflow
Java             516        396       119          963       716       248
Sumatra                                            512       570       -58
Kalimantan       396       516       -119          156       293       -137
Sulawesi                                           140       175       -35
Other Islands                                      162       180       -17
Sources:    Nugroho (1969) Indonesia: Facts and Figures, p.63. World Bank (1994).
BPS, Statistical Yearbook of Indonesia 1993. (c ) 1966-71: Arndt and Sundrum
(1977), Table 1.
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Table 2. Percentage of population by language used at home
in Indonesia, 1980.
Language       Percent of               Major home regions
population
Javanese            40.1         East & Central Java, Yokyakarta
Sundanese           15.2         West Java
Madurese             4.8         Madura
Minangkabau          2.5          West Sumatra
Batak                2.1         North Sumatra
Balinese             2.0         Bali
Chinese              2.0         mostly in big cities
Buginese             1.9          Sulawesi
Banjarese            1.3          South Sumatra
Other               17.9
Indonesian          12.0
Source: 1980 Census.
Table 3 Percentage distribution of GDP by Sector in Indonesia, 1960 - 1995.
1960     1970     1980     1990     1995
Agriculture, forestry and fishery   53.9     47.2     24.8     21.5     17.2
Mining and quarrying                 3.7      5.2     25.7     13.4      8.5
Manufacturing                        8.4      9.3     11.6     19.9     24.3
Electricity, gas and water supply    0.3      0.4      0.5      0.6      1.1
Construction                         2.0      3.0      5.6      5.5      7.7
Trade, hotel and restaurant         14.3     18.5     14.1     16.9     16.4
Transport and communication          3.7      2.9      4.3      5.6      6.8
Banking                              1.0      1.0      1.7      4.2      9.0
Other services                      12.7     12.5     11.7     12.3      9.1
GDP total: %                       100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0    100.0
Billion Rp.a)              390     3340   45446   195597  445401
Sources:    BPS, Statistical Pocketbook of Indonesia, various issues. BPS, Almanak
Indonesia 1968, Vol.2 for 1960. Bank Indonesia, Report for the financial
year 1995/96.
Note:      a) At current market price
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Table 4 Contribution of gross regional product by industrial sector by region, 1992 (%).
Share of Agriculture Mining and Manufac- Trade and  Govem-   Other    Total
GRDP               quarrying   turing    sen'ices    ment
%         (1)       (2)        (3)       (4)       (5)
Sumatra          23.8       23.0      25.9       19.9      23.1       5.2       3.0     t00
Java (a)         59.3       19.5       2.7       31.8      29.9       6.7       6.6     100
Kalimantan        9.2       15.8      23.5       32.2      21.8       4.1       2.7     100
Nusatenggara      1.6       45.6       1.1       9.2       25.4       15.3      3.5     100
Sulawesi          4.2       41.2       3.8       12.4      26.8       11.3      4.7     100
Maluku            0.8       31.7       6.0       23.5      26.4       9.8       2.6     100
Irian Jaya        1.2       16.4      55.6       6.8       10.3       9.2       1.6     100
INDONESIA         100       19.5      11.5       28.5      27.8       6.7       6.0     100
Source: BPS 1989-94 Produk Domestik Regional Bruto Propinsi propinsi di Indonesia Menurut Lapangan
Usaha.
Notes: (a) Include Bali.
(1) Agriculture, forestry and fisheries,
(2) Mining and quarrying.
(3) Manufacturing; electricity, gas and water; construction.
(4) Trade, restaurants and hotels; transport and communications; bank and finance.
(5) Government.
Table 5 Contribution of the agricultural sectors on GRDP by region, 1992.
(a) Percentage distribution of the agricultural sectors by region (%)..
Share of    Food    Estate   Small  Livestock Fisheries Forestry   Total
Agricultural  crops  tree crops  holder
GRDP                      tree crops
Sumatra                 25.6         42.3     12.2    16.2      11.0    11.6       6.7  100
Java (a)                 54.0        67.1      2.9     10.0    12.0       6.3      1.7  100
Kalimantan               6.8         33.3      1.4    11.9       5.6    18.0    29.8  100
Nusa tenggara            3.A         59.7      3.4      7.3     18.0      9.0      1.5  100
Sulawesi                 7.2         53.1      0.2     17.8      9.0    17.2       1.4  100
Maluku                   1.2         21.4      0.0     18.9      2.6    26.2    30.9  100
Irian Jaya               0.9         62.6      0.0      3.2      5.1    21.7       7.4  100
INDONESIA                100         56.8      4.9     12.3     11.2      9.7      5.1   100
(b) Percentage distribution of GDP originated from the agricultural sectors by region (%).
Agricultural  Food    Estate   Small  Livestock Fisheries Forestry   Total
GRDP      crops  tree crops  holder
(bill. Rp.)                tree crops
GRDP (INDONESIA)  (bill. Rp.)   29,773    2,612    6,446    5,857    5,125    2,783   52,597
by agr. sector
Sumatra                  13,604      19.3    63.5    34.2    25.5    30.8    32.8    25.9
Java (a)                 28,709     64.7    31.9    44.5       58.8    35.3      17.5    54.6
Kalimantan                3,608      4.0       1.9     6.7      3.4     12.7    38.6       6.9
Nusa tenggara              1,819     3.6      2.4      2.0      5.6      3.2      1.0      3.4
Sulawesi                  3,805      6.8      0.3     10.5      5.9    12.8       1.9      7.1
Maluku                      615      0.4      0.0      1.8      0.3      3.1      6.8      1.2
Irian Jaya                  502      1.1      0.0      0.2      0.4      2.1      1.3      1.0
INDONESIA (%)                        100      100      100      100      100     100      100
Source: See Table 5.1.
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Table 6. Regional concentration of the economic activities
measured by GRDP in Indonesia, 1983 and 1990.
1983                           1990
Agriculture, forestry and fishery  0.23    0.04      0.009       0.22      0.02     0.005
Mining & quarrying               0.19      0.80      0.157       0.13      0.75     0.098
Manufacturing                    0.14      0.41      0.058       0.19      0.33     0.064
Electricity, gas and water supply  0.01    0.45      0.004       0.01      0.39     0.005
Construction                     0.05      0.22      0.010       0.05      0.23     0.011
Trade, restaurant and hotel      0.16      0.24      0.039       0.18      0.22     0.040
Transport and communication      0.06      0.29      0.018       0.06      0.27     0.016
Banking                          0.03      0.54      0.015       0.04      0.49     0.019
Real Estate                      0.02      0.13      0.003       0.02      0.18     0.003
Government                       0.07      0.05      0.004       0.07      0.04     0.002
Other services                   0.03      0.30      0.010       0.03      0.36     0.012
All (G)                                              0.327                          0.276
Sources:   BPS, Gross Regional Domestic Product of Provinces in Indonesia by Industrial Origin, 1987-
1992;
Note:      Concentration ratio G =   E,~  , where 0,, is the GRDP share of the i th sector, and G1 is
the pseudo Gini coefficient of the i th sector, is calculated from GRDP by sector of 27
provinces.
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Table 7 The composition of government finance in Indonesia, 1967 - 1995, %.
(a) Govemment Revenues
1967   1970   1975   1980   1985   1990   1995
Domestic revenues: (%)
Oil revenue                         12.4   28.8   55.7   62.9   57.9   44.8   19.6
Non-oil revenue                     87.6   71.2   44.3   37.1   42.1   55.2   75.0
Income taxa)                     12.0   15.3   12.8    8.4   12.0   17.1   27.1
Sales taxesb)                    21.1   23.0   12.9    8.8   17.0   23.7   29.1
Import duties')                  45.7   27.8   10.5    7.4    3.4    6.4    4.6
Land tax                          0.0    0.0    1.5    0.9    1.2    2.1    2.5
Othersd)                          8.8    5.1    6.5    4.1    8.5    6.0   17.1
Total                              100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
billion Rp.                  60    345  2,242  10,227  19,253 39,546 56,709
(b) Government Expenditures
1967   1970   1975   1980   1985   1990   1995
Routine expenditure: (%)
Central government expendituree)  62.0   45.1   35.5   34.5   26.6   25.0   36.7
Interest payments                  6.1    5.6    2.9    6.7   14.4   25.1   10.7
Subsidies to local governments    11.9   12.3   10.4    8.3   10.8    8.6   11.9
(personnel expenditure)
Total (A)                         80.0   62.9   48.8   49.5   51.9   60.7   59.6
Development expenditure:
Central government)               17.4   18.8   20.4   29.0   21.6   11.5   14.1
Subsidies to local governments     2.7    7.1    8.6    6.9    6.5    6.1    3.6
BIMAS (Subsidy to fertilizer)      0.0    2.1    4.9    2.4    2.4    0.5    0.3
Project Aid                        0.0    9.1   17.3   12.2   18.6   17.2   16.0
Total (B)                         20.0   37.1   51.2   50.5   47.2   39.3   40.4
Totalg) (A) +(B)                   100.0  100.0  100.0  100C.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
billion Rp.                87.6  457.9 2730.3  11716  23046  49450  69897
Sources:  Bank Indonesia, Report of Bank Indonesia, various issues.
Notes:   a) Income tax, corporate tax, withholding tax and tax on interest and royalities.
b) Value added tax on goods and services, tax on the sales of luxury goods and excise
tax.
c) Includes export duties, which is negligible since 1985.
d) Includes non-tax recipts.
e) Includes personnel and material expenditures, and interest payments.
f) Includes government's direct expenditures and national defense and security.
g) Includes Rp. 2 trillion of Development budget reserve for 1990/91 year.
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Table 8 Central government development expenditures
by economic sector, billion Rp. (%), 1970/71 - 1990/91.
Financial year    1970 /71             1980 /81             1990 /91
Agriculture and irrigation          40.4  (23.8)          929  (15.7)        2308  (13.2)
Mining and energy                   16.5  (9.7)          507   (8.6)         1874  (10.7)
Industry                             7.6  (4.5)          415   (7.0)          547   (3.1)
Transportationandtourism            35.8  (21.1)          780  (13.2)        3744  (21.5)
Other economic activitiesa)          1.0  (0.6)           137   (2.3)         293   (1.7)
Regional developmentb)              37.6  (22.2)         1019  (17.2)        2812  (16.1)
Health and social welfarec)          9.4  (5.5)          409   (6.9)         1400   (8.0)
Education and cultured)              8.0  (4.7)          1020  (17.2)        3228  (18.5)
Central government')                13.3  (7.8)          700  (11.8)         1246   (7.1)
Total'                             169.6  (100)         5916   (100)        17452   (100)
Sources:   Bank Indonesia, Report of Bank Indonesia, various issues.
Notes:    a) Include information, trade and cooperatives.
b) Includes rural and urban development, development of business enterprises and national
resources and environment.
c) Includes housing settlement.
d) Includes religion, manpower and transmigration.
e) Central government's direct expenditures and national defense and security.
f) Includes Rp. 2 trillion of Development budget reserve for 1990/91 year.
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Table 9 Distribution of central govemment's development expenditures
by islands, 1974/75 - 1989/90.
1974 /75               1982 /83                 1989 /90
million Rp. (�O) 00ORp./  million Rp. (%) 00ORp./  million Rp. (%) 00ORp./
person                 person                   person
Sumatra          22,650 (21)  0.94      108,195 (23)  3.60      227,444 (21)    6.29
Java & Bali      68,100 (63)  0.80     216,789 (47)  2.21       571,737 (53)    5.21
Kalimantan        9,265  (9)   1.55     59,115 (13)  8.12        93,833  (9)   10.40
Nusa Tenggara     3,148  (3)   0.63      15,968  (3)   2.77      33,341  (3)    5.05
Sulawesi          4,819  (4)   0.49     43,685  (9)   3.99       88,082  (8)    7.08
Maluku                                   10,226  (2)   6.74      23,430  (2)   12.74
Irian Jaya                               7,712  (2)   6.01       22,142  (2)   13.64
East Timor                                                       15,940  (1)   21.53
INDONESIA       107,982 (100)  0.82    461,690 (100)  2.92     1,075,943 (100)   6.00
Sources:    BPS, Statistical Yearbook of Indonesia, various issues.
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Table 10 Private foreign and domestic investment in Indonesia
by economic sector, 1968 and 1993.
(I) Foreign investment (million U.S. $, billion U.S.$ for 1991-93.)
1968-70                        1991-93
Agriculture/forestry/fishery      407     (30.4)                 418      (1.5)
Mining/quarrying                  559     (41.8)                2313      (8.5)
Manufacturing                     294     (22.0)               13051     (47.9)
Construction                       10      (0.8)                 165      (0.6)
Trade/hotel                        37      (2.8)                6026     (22.1)
Transport/communication             5      (0.4)                 267      (1.0)
Real estate, etc.                  14      (1.1)                1718      (6.3)
Other services                     12      (0.9)                1005      (3.7)
Total                            1338   (100.0)                27236    (100.0)
(2) Domestic investment (billion Rp.)
1969-70                        1991-93
Agriculture/forestry/fishery       41     (26.5)               10518      (9.6)
Mining/quarrying                    I      (0.9)                 488      (0.4)
Manufacturing                      86     (56.4)               69576     (63.3)
Construction                        0      (0.0)                 677      (0.6)
Trade/hotel                        11      (7.0)               10188      (9.3)
Transport/communication            13      (8.3)                5594      (5.1)
Real estate, etc.                   I      (0.9)                9643      (8.8)
Other services                      0      (0.0)                3188      (2.9)
Total                             153   (100.0)               109877    (100.0)
Sources:   BPS, Financial Statistics 1966-1971/72 (for 1968-70); BPS, Statistical
Yearbook of Indonesia, various issues.
Notes:    Newly approved investment projects are simply summed up for three years,
and two years for domestic investment in 1969-70. The data excludes oil and
banking sectors. Percentage distribution is shown in parentheses.
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Table 11 Industrialization through government and market based resource transfer
in Indonesia: Regression analysis, 1983 and 1990.
Government          Market    based   itransfer
based transfer
Constant.      DE             DI&FI         DI          Fl      Adj.R2    S.E.
1983:
Ql      0.231        -1.239         3.201**                            0.289    0.417
(0.139)     (0.972)          (1.118)
Q2      0.210        -1.074            -         2.790*      4.420    0.267    0.424
(0.145)     (1.021)                      (1.317)     (2.286)
1990:
Q3      0.224        -0.712         0.450**                            0.522    0.467
(0.195)     (0.574)          (0.083)
Q4      0.226        -0.693            -        0.500**      0.339     0.503    0.476
(0.199)      (0.589)                     (0.173)     (0.348)
Sources:   Data represent 26 provinces, excluding Jakarta for 1990 and 25 provinces, excluding Jakarta
and East Timor for 1983.
Notes:     Dependent variable is the ratio of industry and agriculture in GRDP share.
Independent variables (shown as per 1000 population):
DE: Sum of development expenditures by the Central government, 1975-82 (for 1983),
1986-89 (for 1990).
DI&FI: Sum of DI and Fl
DI: Sum of approved domestic investments 1968-1983 (for I983); 1968-1990 (for 1990)
Fl: Sum of approved foreign investments, 1967-1983 (for 1983); 1967-1990 (for 1990)
Standard error of coefficient is shown in the parentheses and ** ,* and t represent 1%, 5%
and 10% of significance level, respectively.
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Table 12 Regional income growth through government and market based resource transfer
in Indonesia: Regression analysis, 1983 and 1990.
Reg.   Dependent                Government        Market based
No.     variable                   based
Constant.       DE              DI&FI       Adj.R2    S.E.
1983:
RIA      GRDP         0.509        l.409'             1.482       0.647    0.341
(0.107)      (0.778)           (0.902)
RIB    POVERTY        0.731        -0.144            -0.696'     0.577    0.108
(0.040)      (0.293)           (0.339)
1990:
R2A      GRDP         0.314       0.963**           0.267**      0.579    0.367
(0.128)      (0.321)           (0.065)
R2B    POVERTY        0.837       -0.278**          -0.103**     0.581    0.108
(0.038)      (0.092)           (0.023)
Sources:   Data represent 27 provinces. East Timor is excluded from 1983 data set.
Notes:     Dependent variables:
GRDP: Index of per capita non-oil GRDP at current price of 1983 and 1990. All
Indonesia sets equal to 1.
POVERTY: Ratio of poor households, whose per capita monthly expenditures were
below national average in 1984 for the regression R2A and in 1990 for R2B.
Independent variables (shown as per 1000 population):
DE: Cumulative sum of development expenditures transferred by the central
government, 1975-82 (for 1983), 1986-89 (for 1990).
DI&FI: Sumn of approved domestic and foreign investments, 1967-1983 (for 1983);
1967-1990 (for 1990)
Standard error of coefficient is shown in the parentheses and ** ,* and t represent 1%,
5% and 10% of significance level, respectively.
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Figure 1 Map of Indonesia
Kalimantan           Suawesi
1 0  e, 2 ,  ,e, �1a7G 
r Ach8 a g18 C             IrianJaya
15 
5                                  "~~~~~ 25~-
8)  9 Jakarta   Ball 20U               Maluku
Regions' code
1 Aceh                 8 Lampung              15 Central Kalimantan  22 Bali
2 North Sumatra        9 D.K.I.Jakarta        16 South Kalimantan   23 West Nusa Tenggara
3 West Sumatra         10 West Java           17 East Kalimantan     24 East Nusa Tenggara
4 Riau                11 Central Java         18 North Sulawesi      25 Maluku
5 Jambi                12 Yogyakarta          19 Central Sulawesi    26 Irian Jaya
6 South Sumatra       13 East Java            20 South Sulawesi      27 East Timor
7 Bengkulu            14 West Kalimantan    21 Southeast Sulawesi
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Figure 2 Locational, sectoral and technological classifications of an economy.
Industry  Rural                 Moder
indusrialization       Mdr
Se~\Ot     1lza                      3urban
Ag culture                      industry
Agnculture~ I  
Modem   Scientific                  'Hydroponic/
A   L agriculture   L             greenhouse
agriculture
iRural
0    ,               ,cottage                 Urban
o              ~~~~~industry
C.)          _____                ~~~~~~~~informal
H '  '             / a                     Qindustrial
L  1   sector
Peasant/
tradjUona    agriculture          } U
_      _              )household
Rural  Location    Urban     gardens
Source: This figure was shown by Peter Timmer at the World Bank workshop held in 5-6
May 1997.
Note: An explanatory note was slightly changed to adapt the main text.
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Figure 3 Exports, terms of trade and exchange rate in Indonesia 1961-1994
%       (1) Composition of exports
100
90                                    Indiustrial products
_            and others
80
70
60
50                           Petroleum and 
10   prodtpetroleum products
40
30 *Agricultura_ rdu cts
20   _and fishery_
1960   1965   1970   1975   1980   1985   1990
4.5      (2) Terms of trade
4   Legend
3l5 -  -Non-petroleun
_ ........ Petroleum
3     -All
2.5 _,
2 -    1971=1.00
1.5 -
0.5
1960   1965   1970   1975   1980   1985   1990
2500       (3) Exchange rate (Rp./US Dollars)
2000
1500
1000
500
0
1960   1965   1970   1975   1980   1985   1990
Source: BPS, Pocket and Statistical Yearbook of Indonesia, various issues.
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Figure 4 Regional income disparities and economic growth, 1969 - 1992.
250                               v'17 
O   160                          20        High income
5
*                             Low growth
cn                       ~~~~~~~~4
0   140  -                                                    High income
18                               High growth
9   120                                             15    .
25       V16
21   *       14    '26
100 ...............6...1......   ...                        .... V.....
0-                               8A1
.'                              *U                     101'        S
C-    80                                               12 *20
o                  ~               Low income              :*i
ESumatra          LOW growth
S Java & Bai    Lwgot
'    60  -       Kalimantan                         23
a)     *Suthers                   24*         Low income
*4Othes                           *       . High growth
40
0.5    1    1.5    2    2.5    3    3.5    4    4.5    5    5.5
Real annual growth rate of per capita GRDP, 1971-92 (%, non-oil)
Region
1 Aceh             8  Lampung           15 Central Kalimantan    22 Bali
2 North Sumatra    9  Jakarta          16 South Kalimantan     23 West Nusa Tenggara
3 West Sumatra   10  West Java          17 East Kalimantan     24 East Nusa Tengarra
4 Riau            11  Central Java      18 North Sulawesi      25 Maluku
5 Jambi           12  Yogyakarta        19 Central Sulawesi    26 Irian Jaya
6 South Sumatra   13  East Java         20 South Sulawesi
7 Bengkulu        14  West Kalimantan  21 South-east Sulawesi
Sources: BPS, Statistical Yearbook of Indonesia, various issues.
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Figure 5 Regional industrialization in Indonesia, 1969 - 1992
6        E
0.3
14
0
3
X  1110
*8 0.1                        16
24                   25
*      ~~~~~3 *4
0 
-2   0   2   4   6   8   10  12  14  16  18
Average annual growth rate of Si/Sa (1969-92, %)
Sources:  Arndt (1973), BPS (1995) Statistical Yearbook of
Indonesia 1994.
Note:   See Figure 4 for Regions' code. An industrialization
index (Si/Sa) is defined as the ratio of the GRDP share
of industry and agriculture.
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