REGIONAL AUTHONOMY ISSUES IN INDONESIA: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Although regional autonomy has been implemented for more than two decades in Indonesia, this topic is still interesting to discuss. This research aims to discuss some issues around regional autonomy in Indonesia, particularly viewed from an academic perspective. This study used a literature review approach. Data were obtained from the Scopus and Taylor and Francis Group databases, with “regional autonomy” and “Indonesia” being the keywords. The publication period is from 2000 to 2021. The results of the research show that there are interesting issues regarding agroforestry management and economic disintegration related to regional autonomy in Indonesia during that period. Firstly, good agroforestry management can be an attraction to the improved regional economy. Secondly, economic disintegration is one of the factors leading to regional separatism or a movement performed by a region to release itself from a state, due to one region’s envy of other, more advanced and richer regions. A solution to the first issue is to have multi-level governance that will ensure high-quality oversight of agroforestry management. Meanwhile, a solution to the second issue is to secure foreign investment to prevent economic disintegration in each region, which would harm the region and the state in the future.
Keywords: economic disintegration, Indonesia, regional autonomy.