Between 1980 and 1986 the Indonesian Transmigration Program supported the movement of more than two million people from the densely populated inner islands of Java, Bali, and Lombok to the less populated outer islands of Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Irian Jaya. Because of the size of the program and because a number of settlements were opened in forest areas, the program attracted international attention, particularly from environmental groups concerned with deforestation and conservation. In 1986 new settlement under the transmigration program came to a virtual halt as the government reassessed its priorities. This report was initiated in 1985 as a review of resettlement in the third five-year plan (1979-1984). By that time, data were available which permitted an assessment of migrant incomes and economic returns to settlement models. Evidence was also available on the role of the program in employment generation, demographic change and regional development. Environmental and social issues were also reviewed. Among the conclusions emerging from the report were that economic rates of return and initial settler incomes were low and that the program was complex and difficult to implement. Spontaneous migrants were not adequately incorporated into program planning and the scale of the program heightened concern about the environmental impact and potential social problems.
Details
-
Document Date
1988/07/31
-
Document Type
Publication
-
Report Number
10929
-
Volume No
1
-
Total Volume(s)
1
-
Country
-
Region
-
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
-
Doc Name
Indonesia - The transmigration program in perspective
-
Keywords
Transmigration;Central Bureau of Statistics;Outer Islands;high economic rates of return;tree crop;migrant;food crop;Economic Rate of Retum;rate of population growth;Net Value of Production;level of government expenditure;Operational Core Curriculum;social and environmental;spontaneous migrants;education and health;food crop production;family planning program;cost of employment;provincial planning;family and friends;Center Research;weights and measure;son or daughter;average household income;proportion of income;traditional land tenure;standard of living;demand for service;income due;movement of people;demand for labor;distribution of migrants;area of forest;public investment program;adverse environmental impact;agricultural support service;infrastructure and services;land clearing;
See More
Downloads
COMPLETE REPORT
Official version of document (may contain signatures, etc)
- TXT*
- Total Downloads** :
- Download Stats
-
*The text version is uncorrected OCR text and is included solely to benefit users with slow connectivity.
Citation
Indonesia - The transmigration program in perspective (English). A World Bank country study Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/353671468771708841/Indonesia-The-transmigration-program-in-perspective