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Capacity of Rural Institutions in Implementing Decentralized Development in Indonesia: Case of Three Villages in Purbalingga District, Central Java Province

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Through decentralization policy in 2001, the central government of Indonesia has transferred tasks to plan, execute and evaluate rural development to village government . Nevertheless, to be successful, sufficient local capacity is needed. This study aims to measure capacity of rural institutions , realization of capacity to address livelihood problems and capacity development delivered by the government. It focuses on village officers , neighborhood group , village parliament and village development committee . Through cases study in Serang, Kedarpan and Sumilir villages, it was found that majority of capacity indicators were perceived to be good enough. However, capacity realization was hampered by the problem of weak coordination . Village head, culturally the highest patron in village, was still too dominant and delimitating the other institutions to perform their tasks. Such condition was exacerbated because district government put emphasis on capacity development of village officers at the expense of neighborhood group, village parliament and village development committee. This study recommends that to make more balanced power relation among rural institutions, the government should develop individual capacity of village parliament, village development committee and neighborhood group.

An erratum to this chapter is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54774-7_11

An erratum to this chapter can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54774-7_11

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Notes

  1. 1.

    In 2004, the laws were revised into Law 32/2004 on Regional Governance and Law 33/2004 on Fiscal Balance.

  2. 2.

    Summarized from the interview with the head of Kedarpan parliament in February 23rd, 2012, the head of Sumilir parliament in January 18th, 2012 and the head of Serang parliament in February 2nd, 2012.

  3. 3.

    Summarized from the interview with the head of Kedarpan village in January 12th, 2012; the head of Kedarpan parliament in February 23rd, 2012, the head of Sumilir parliament in January 18th, 2012; and the head of Serang parliament in February 2nd, 2012.

  4. 4.

    Interview with the head of Sumilir village development committee in January 18th, 2012 and the head of Kedarpan village development committee in February 23rd, 2012.

  5. 5.

    Interview with the head of Serang village in February 2nd, 2012.

  6. 6.

    Conducted in Kedarpan on March 19th, 2011.

  7. 7.

    Interview with the head of Kedarpan village in January 12th, 2012.

  8. 8.

    Interview with the secretary of Kemangkon sub-district in January 28th, 2012.

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Sutiyo, Maharjan, K.L. (2014). Capacity of Rural Institutions in Implementing Decentralized Development in Indonesia: Case of Three Villages in Purbalingga District, Central Java Province. In: Maharjan, K. (eds) Communities and Livelihood Strategies in Developing Countries. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54774-7_10

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