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

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 th...

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Main Authors:	Antlöv, Hans, Wetterberg, Anna, Dharmawan, Leni
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2016
Subjects:	decentralization village local institutions community empowerment state-society relations good governance
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25015

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spelling	okr-10986-250152021-05-25T10:54:42Z Village Governance, Community Life, and the 2014 Village Law in Indonesia Antlöv, Hans Wetterberg, Anna Dharmawan, Leni decentralization village local institutions community empowerment state-society relations good governance 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. 2016-09-07T19:29:25Z 2016-09-07T19:29:25Z 2016-08-14 Journal Article Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies 0007-4918 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25015 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Indonesia
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spellingShingle	decentralization village local institutions community empowerment state-society relations good governance Antlöv, Hans Wetterberg, Anna Dharmawan, Leni Village Governance, Community Life, and the 2014 Village Law in Indonesia
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description	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.
format	Journal Article
author	Antlöv, Hans Wetterberg, Anna Dharmawan, Leni
author_facet	Antlöv, Hans Wetterberg, Anna Dharmawan, Leni
author_sort	Antlöv, Hans
title	Village Governance, Community Life, and the 2014 Village Law in Indonesia
title_short	Village Governance, Community Life, and the 2014 Village Law in Indonesia
title_full	Village Governance, Community Life, and the 2014 Village Law in Indonesia
title_fullStr	Village Governance, Community Life, and the 2014 Village Law in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed	Village Governance, Community Life, and the 2014 Village Law in Indonesia
title_sort	village governance, community life, and the 2014 village law in indonesia
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2016
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25015
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Village Governance, Community Life, and the 2014 Village Law in Indonesia

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