1. Tangled Web: The Role of Oil, Gas and Mining in Funding Regional Governments in Indonesia
- Author:
- David Manley, Rani Febrianti, and Hari Subhash
- Publication Date:
- 03-2020
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Natural Resource Governance Institute
- Abstract:
- Indonesia’s system of funding provincial, district and city governments is one of the most complex in the world, and has undergone substantial expansion over the last two decades. While the system allows thousands of authorities to function, it is failing in three respects: inequality of funding between regions persists, funding for some governments is unpredictable and volatile and some oil- and gas-rich regions have not sufficiently prepared for a possible future with much lower revenues. Indonesia’s planning ministry, Bappenas, should investigate these issues further focusing particularly on clarifying policy objectives, ensuring more reliable funding, supporting oil- and gas-rich regions in becoming more resilient to a long-term decline in prices and clarifying the published rules around the funding system.
- Topic:
- Civil Society, Government, Oil, Gas, Media, Mining, and Political Parties
- Political Geography:
- Indonesia and Southeast Asia