Two trategies suggested for development<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Ginandjar Kartasasmita, a senior cabinet
\nminister, is advocating both non-interventionism and active
\ngovernment policies in Indonesia; the first for the modern
\neconomic sector and the second for the traditional sector.<\/p>\n
The development strategy for the two must be different because
\nthe economic structure and social order separate those who are
\nliving in the modern advanced sector and those who are lagging
\nbehind in the traditional sector, Ginandjar said in Malang, East
\nJava, on Saturday.<\/p>\n
For the modern economic sector, he is advocating minimum
\ngovernment intervention but for the traditional sector, he
\nproposes an active government role in pushing development.<\/p>\n
Ginandjar, the minister for national development planning, and
\nchairman of the powerful National Development Planning Board,
\nmade the argument during his oration before a senate of
\nprofessors at the Brawijaya University, where he was awarded an
\nhonorary doctoral degree in Administration Studies, Antara
\nreported.<\/p>\n
His paper, entitled Empowering Society: An Administrative
\nPerspective, states that the government should allow the modern
\nsector to continue to progress because it is for the good of the
\nnation. The government should encourage improvement in
\nefficiency, productivity and the mastering of technology.<\/p>\n
In the economic sector, he stated, this effort is best carried
\nout by giving freedom to those in the modern sector without too
\nmuch intervention or obstacles. The government should withdraw
\nfrom managing fields that the private sector could handle better.<\/p>\n
The government's role should be limited, to ensuring that free
\ncompetition does not lead to the domination of the powerful over
\nthe weak, he added.<\/p>\n
The government should also prevent excessive exploitation of
\nnatural resources by the modern sector, leaving nothing for the
\ntraditional sector.<\/p>\n
The approach to the traditional sector is different. Here the
\ngovernment has a duty to bring the people, who are economically
\nbackward, into the modern world, Ginandjar said.<\/p>\n
He did not give any specifics, saying that the strategy still
\nneeds to be developed further: How to empower the people so that
\ntheir capacities and capabilities are improved and at the same
\ntime they will help empower the country's overall economy.<\/p>\n
While advocating an active government role, Ginandjar also
\nunderlined the need to change the image of Indonesia's
\nbureaucracy.<\/p>\n
The traditional, paternalistic and feudalistic role of the
\nbureaucracy must be changed, so that people are not treated as
\nobjects of development, which need to be handled through
\n\"development projects\", he said.<\/p>\n
Ginandjar said the bureaucracy must base its views on the idea
\nthat people have the power to improve their own lives, if only
\nthey were given the trust and chance to do so.<\/p>\n
In his 32-page oration, he said that to achieve sound
\ndevelopment, the bureaucracy needs to improve its services to the
\npeople, which can only be done by allowing a more decentralized
\nand autonomous governmental system on the regional level.<\/p>\n
Ginandjar, 54 years old, was awarded the degree by Rector
\nHasyim Basoeni, making it his fourth in the last two years.<\/p>\n
He received an honorary doctoral degree in 1994, in economics,
\nfrom the Takushoku University in Tokyo and in public services
\nfrom the Northeastern University in Boston, U.S. Last month, he
\nwas awarded an honorary doctoral degree in development
\nadministration studies, by the Gadjah Mada University in
\nYogykarta.<\/p>\n
Among the top officials present during his speech were
\nCoordinating Minister for People's Welfare Azwar Anas, Minister
\nof Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro, State Minister of
\nAgrarian Affairs Soni Harsono, Minister of Manpower Abdul Latief,
\nMinister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto, Army Chief of
\nStaff Gen. R. Hartono and Air Force Chief of Staff Marshall Rilo
\nPambudi. (pwn)<\/p>",
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