Around 30,000 villages in Indonesia categorized as backward
Antara -- 1 March 2006
Mar 01 23:49 Purworejo, C. Java (ANTARA News) - State Minister for Accelerated Development of Disadvantaged Regions Syaifullah Yusuf said on Wednesday around 30,000 of the country`s 68,800 villages are backward and in need of the attention from all sides.
"The attention may come from central, provincial and district governments as well as from other stakeholders," he said. The backward villages spread in 124 districts in eastern Indonesia, 58 districts in Sumatra, 17 districts in East Java, five districts in Banten, three districts in Central Java and two districts in West Java, he said.
They were classified as backward villages due to poor socio-economic conditions, poor financial capacity, lack of roads, lack of access to government services, and susceptibility to natural disasters, he said.
He said the government needed around Rp7 trillion per year to promote the villages. (*)
Antara -- 1 March 2006
Mar 01 23:49 Purworejo, C. Java (ANTARA News) - State Minister for Accelerated Development of Disadvantaged Regions Syaifullah Yusuf said on Wednesday around 30,000 of the country`s 68,800 villages are backward and in need of the attention from all sides.
"The attention may come from central, provincial and district governments as well as from other stakeholders," he said. The backward villages spread in 124 districts in eastern Indonesia, 58 districts in Sumatra, 17 districts in East Java, five districts in Banten, three districts in Central Java and two districts in West Java, he said.
They were classified as backward villages due to poor socio-economic conditions, poor financial capacity, lack of roads, lack of access to government services, and susceptibility to natural disasters, he said.
He said the government needed around Rp7 trillion per year to promote the villages. (*)
