EVALUASI DANA INPRES PEMBANGUNAN DALAM HUBUNGAN KEUANGAN PUSAT-DAERAH
RUDI WIBOWO (Adv : Drs. Wahyu Hidayat, M.Ec), Drs. Wahyu Hidayat, M.Ec
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This study attempt to evaluate the significance of central government development transfers (the INPRES programs) on the pursuit of decentralization in Indonesia, and the impacts of a more decentralized fiscal system on the how changes in the magnitudes of the INPRES programs, which are perceived to represent a more decentralized structure of intergovernmental fiscal relationship, affect the performance of the Indonesian economy at both the national and regional levels.
In previous studies, the importance of fiscal decentralization was recommended based mostly on the examination of the inefficiency problems generated by the highly unbalanced nature of the existing intergovernmental fiscal relationship. The concequences of recommended decentralization scheme on the economic performance – that resulted from changing the structure of intergovernmental fiscal relationship – was simply not questioned or addressed. This study, in contrast, believes that a change in intergovernmental fiscal relationship would influence the economic performance, because the corresponding change would bring about a transformation in the overall preference on the entire government in conducting its activities.
This study chose the INPRES programs as the decentralization action to be examined for two reasons. First, the INPRES programs historically constitute an important portion of the province and district government investment budgets. Second, in the context of developing countries, in which the pressure for decentralization is generally huge, a readjustment of the structure of intergovernmental transfers is considered more realistic for immediate policy action than a full reform in the structure of intergovernmental fiscal relationship
Kata Kunci : Dana Inpers Pembangunan, Keuangan Daerah-Pusat
