Regional Disparity in West Kalimantan

Nurul Bariyah, Ricky Octavian

2019

Abstract

This study analyzes disparity between coastal region, inland region and border region and disparity between districts as members of each region. To assess the disparity phenomena the Theil index formula is used. GDP per capita for this study is collected from Statistic Office Kalimantan Barat. Period of study is 2008-2016 and the number of District is 9 (nine). The use of Theil Index has some advantages: First, this index can calculate disparities within and between regions simultaneously; and second, the results can provide important policy implications. The Theil index value runs from 0 (zero) to 1. Where the index is close to 0 (zero) the regional disparities is very low, in other words the development is relatively even. However higher between-region disparities compared to within regions disparities provide proof of relative inequality between coastal region, inland region and border region. Less serious problem of disparity occurs within each region. Region with high concentration of economic activities tend to grow faster, while region with low concentration of economic activities tend to have lower levels of development and economic growth. As implication of the findings, development strategy should also consider other factors such as concentration of economic activity in each region in order to reduce disparity.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Bariyah N. and Octavian R. (2019). Regional Disparity in West Kalimantan. In Proceedings of the 20th Malaysia Indonesia International Conference on Economics, Management and Accounting - Volume 1: MIICEMA, ISBN 978-989-758-582-1, pages 260-269. DOI: 10.5220/0009854800002900

in Bibtex Style

@conference{miicema19,
author={Nurul Bariyah and Ricky Octavian},
title={Regional Disparity in West Kalimantan},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 20th Malaysia Indonesia International Conference on Economics, Management and Accounting - Volume 1: MIICEMA,},
year={2019},
pages={260-269},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009854800002900},
isbn={978-989-758-582-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 20th Malaysia Indonesia International Conference on Economics, Management and Accounting - Volume 1: MIICEMA,
TI - Regional Disparity in West Kalimantan
SN - 978-989-758-582-1
AU - Bariyah N.
AU - Octavian R.
PY - 2019
SP - 260
EP - 269
DO - 10.5220/0009854800002900