18 EROPA Bulletin
Vol. 34 Nos. 3-4 (July-December 2013)
Government (Institutions...)
approaches to growth
and development,
(From page 17)
particularly devolution
from 2001 to 2008. On the other hand, newly formed
and the shift of
regions are spending less on operational expenditure
accountability for
items (personnel, goods and services) than the
subnational
older regions. With the creation of new regions, the
development to local
aggregate operating expenditure sharply increased
level institutions. In
from 44.8% to 65.5% of the total expenditure. All
pursuing
these would contribute to the performance of the new
regionalization as an
regions, which
approach or “the approach” to
will likely not stimulate their development. He also
development, Ms. Shah emphasized the significance of
presented social and economic indicators in the
geographical or topographic conditions in the design
regions such as poverty levels, human development
and strategies for regional development. The paper
index and economic growth across regions in an
cited the state of Uttara-Khand in India and its regions
attempt to relate the proliferation of autonomous
in the Himalayas, where about 90% of its land area is
regions to these factors.
mountainous. The region’s topography constrains its
infrastructure development. Prof. Dave for her part
In conclusion, Mr. Suryanto noted that this
provided the recommendations of the aper. She noted
phenomenon has become a major policy issue
that the state government should help regional
of decentralization practice in Indonesia. He
governments develop their regional development
recommended that further study be conducted on the
plans. Decentralization should likewise be adopted
use of social indicators and service standards to deliver
to ensure local conditions and cultural diversities. A
services. There is also a need to determine the optimal
unique regional model and investments are desirable
size and number of regions that may be established to
to suit the geographical location, which include
promote economic and allocative efficiency and ease
high priorities education and tourism infrastructure
financial burden to central government; merger of
development in the lowland region, and eco-tourism,
local government should likewise be considered and/
religious places, and livelihood such as animal
or pursued.
husbandry, small-scale industries, and dairy products
in the greater Himalayas.
Regionalization -- The New Sunrise
Prof. Forum Dave
and Ms. Miraj
Shah presented
their paper entitled
“Regionalization –
The New Sunrise.”
Ms. Shah started
the presentation by
locating the
whole discourse
of regionalization
within the context
of economic theories on public goods and fiscal
federalism to maximize social benefits and
welfare. She then discussed decentralization as key
Aiming for a Creative, Human-Oriented Maritime
and Garden City
Takamatsu City Mayor Hideto Ohnishi highlighted the
need to transform the city in response to an aging
society, where the elderly people are projected to
comprise almost half of the population in 2055.