新作坊

Ceremonial budgeting: public participation in development planning at an indonesian local government authority

摘要：

The purpose of this case study is to explain how public participation (Musrenbang) in development planning was practiced at the Local Government level in East Java, Indonesia. Public participation is a process of planning development in which citizens are involved in proposing and planning development projects to ensure fruitful implementation. The research is based on an interpretive paradigm, using the technique of phenomenology analysis to explore the effect of participation on local government budgeting. It was found that although most participation mechanisms followed existing policies and regulations in terms of 'form' the 'substance' of the regulation was lacking. It was seen that that participation in local government budgeting is still assumed to be merely a formality, done as part of a required ceremony to fulfil certain local government obligations. The budgetary process is mostly ceremonial because only certain members of the public can access information about the purpose of the program, i.e. there is low socialisation by the wider community of stakeholders. [