The dynamics of contemporary local-government policies and economic development in West Papua

Bibliographic Data

ID3886733
AuthorsJulius A Mollet (0000-0002-5034-8801, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume21
Issue2
Pages232-243
Publication date2011-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2011.543273
OpenAlexW1988396243
LanguageEN
Citations received9

There have been enormous political, economic, and social changes in West Papua. Every governor of West Papua has designed programmes to boost economic development and reduce poverty. The influx of migrant workers under the ‘transmigration programme’ into West Papua has limited the job opportunities for indigenous people in the labour market. This article concludes that the local government's strategies failed to deliver suitable development programmes to the local people, which resulted in increased poverty, the continuing poor development of the education system, and the deterioration of the population's health condition, with a rise in the number of Papuans infected with HIV and AIDS

Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Governor · Indigenous · Local government · Political science · Politics · Population · Poverty · Social change · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Community Development and Social Impact · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Public Administration

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