Village Governance, Community Life, and the 2014 Village Law in Indonesia

doi:10.1080/00074918.2015.1129047

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Village Governance, Community Life, and the 2014 Village Law in Indonesia

dc.contributor.author	Antlöv, Hans
dc.contributor.author	Wetterberg, Anna
dc.contributor.author	Dharmawan, Leni
dc.date.accessioned	2016-09-07T19:29:25Z
dc.date.available	2016-09-07T19:29:25Z
dc.date.issued	2016-08-14
dc.description.abstract	In January 2014, the Government of Indonesia issued Law 6/2014 on Villages, aiming to address weaknesses in the decentralisation paradigm, including providing villages with increased budget allocations and improved governance arrangements. Using longitudinal data from forty Indonesian villages in the three-round Local Level Institution studies, fielded in 1996, 2001 and 2012, the article investigates the effects that prior policy has had on village life and the likely implications of the new Village Law for village governance. The focus is on shifts in capacities, constraints and opportunities for the improved responsiveness of local governments toward community needs. We suggest that there is potential for the Law to increase responsiveness – through a combination of strong financial management systems, new national institutional arrangements, and empowered citizens that can create pressures on the village government to work in the interest of the community – but that substantial risks and obstacles remain.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/25015
dc.identifier.issn	0007-4918
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/25015
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	decentralization
dc.subject	village
dc.subject	local institutions
dc.subject	community empowerment
dc.subject	state-society relations
dc.subject	good governance
dc.title	Village Governance, Community Life, and the 2014 Village Law in Indonesia	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.associatedcontent	http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00074918.2015.1129047 Journal website (version of record)
okr.date.disclosure	2018-02-14
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.identifier.doi	10.1080/00074918.2015.1129047
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/25015
okr.identifier.report	108331
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.country	Indonesia
okr.topic	Social Development::Community Development and Empowerment
okr.topic	Governance::Local Government
okr.topic	Social Development::Social Inclusion & Institutions
okr.volume	52(2)