Transmigration in Indonesia

Name: Transmigration in Indonesia
Author: Dietrich Kebschull
ISBN: 9780429339547

doi:10.4324/9780429339547

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ABSTRACT

First published in 1986. The abolition of regional disparities is one of the main targets of Indonesian economic policy. Within the scope of the Indonesian-German Technical Cooperation the East Kalimantan Transmigration Area Development Project (TAD) is intended to contribute to supporting this policy. This study was carried out to support this work - as a first step to gain relevant information. The report is based on interviews with transmigrant families. They were made before transmigration in the so-called ‘transitos’ in Java and Bali and after transmigration in eight settlements in Riau and East Kalimantan.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY, TRANSMIGRATION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF INDONESIAN DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, Economic and Social Background, Disparities and Dualisms, Main Objectives of Transmigration, Transmigration System, Role of Government Assistance, Types of Transmigration, Official Prerequisites for Transmigration, Incentives, Role and Tasks of Government Institutions, Planning of Settlements, General Layout, Volume of Transmigration, Efforts up to the End of Repelita II, Development since 1979, Areas of Origin and Destination, Prospects and Difficulties, THE SITUATION BEFORE TRANS - MIGRATION - REASONS AND EXPECTATIONS, Empirical Basis, General Information about the Interviewed Transmigrants, Age Structure, Education, Number of Children and Family Planning, Labour Force, Economic and Social Situation, Land Ownership and Profession, Income Situation, Sources of Income, Main Source, Other Sources, Estimate of Average Income, Role of Savings, Income of Landowners from Agriculture, Nutritional Basis and Consumption Patterns, Protein Supply, Consumption, Indicators for the Standard of Living, Priorities of Private Demand, Social Relations, Reasons for Transmigration, Expectations, Information about Transmigration, Knowledge about the New Areas, General Information, Quality of Soils and Size of Land, Intended Cropping System, Role of Official Support, Expected Income, Sources. Utilization of Additional Income, Future Social Relations, Community Life, Role of Cooperatives, Village Design, Contacts with Village of Origin, THE SITUATION AFTER TRANSMIGRATION - SUCCESS OR FAILURE?, Method and Scope of Work, Personal Characteristics, Expectation vs. Reality, Expected Living Conditions, Expectation Concerning the Support by the Authorities, The Role of Extension, Economic Effects of Transmigration for the Migrants, Agricultural Activities, Development of Yields and Incomes, Social Aspects of Transmigration, Medium- and Long-Term Problems, Transmigration from the Settler's Point of View, Some General Problems of Future Transmigration, Tasks of Centres and Institutions under the Secretariat General of the Ministry of Transmigration, Personnel of the Ministry of Transmigration (1984/85), Foreign Assisted Projects in Transmigration (up to Dec 1984) 152, Experts and Consultants in Foreign Assisted Transmigration Projects