Government Strategy in Increasing Human Development Index through Population Policy in Samarinda
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It is a study of how the government of Samarinda incorporates population policy as an instrument to develop the Human Development Index (HDI) in the perspectives of enhancement in domain of education, health and income. In a qualitative descriptive design, the study explores how strategies relating to population are formulated, implemented and coordinated in different institutions. The data were gathered using in-depth interviews of the important actors, the analysis of documents of planning patterns, and the fieldwork observations at government offices and community health centers. The results indicate that in the findings, the population policy is no longer given as an independent demographic agenda, but as a part of the Regional Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMD) of the city. Collaboration between agencies, especially their exchange of digital platforms, such as SIAK and SIPD, has enhanced the precision of planning as well as the delivery of services. Reproductive health and family planning initiatives have been central in saving maternal/ infants lives and ensuring more women access education and labor market. The programs have been improved by the effect of community participation through the help of local cadres and religious authorities which promotes awareness and the acceptance of the programs by the community. The study however finds out some of the persisting challenges such as gap in coordination, scarcity of human resource, and some aspects of resistance due to socio-cultural factors. Nevertheless, these obstacles do not discard the fact that, on the one hand, Samarinda has a driving case of localized policy innovation of enhancing HDI based on population governance. This paper can be used to support the already existing knowledge on subnational development strategies in Indonesia and serve as a guidance to other cities aiming to match their demographic policy to their human development agenda.
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