Improving Family Planning Service Towards Sound Demography And Welfare Policy: Lesson From Decentralization Reform Failure In Indonesia

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10.2991/icaspgs-icbap-17.2017.27How to use a DOI?

Keywords

family planning service, sound demography policy, welfare policy, decentralization reform

Abstract

Improving family planning services is vital for achieving sound demography and welfare policy. In the period 1970s-1990s Indonesia had achieved a success for controlling fertility growth and improving family welfare through centralistic family planning program. Yet, the country under decentralization reform failed to continue such success. Using mixed method, this research examines why decentralization reform in the country failed to control fertility rate and to improve family welfare and seeks what strategies to enhance sound demography and welfare policy under decentralization reform. Results of multilevel logit regression shows null association of decentralization measures on fertility rate in Indonesia. From the qualitative study in Empat Lawang Regency, decentralization reform failure is a result from many issues. First, the local government is lacking in local fiscal capacity. Second, limited number of PLKB both in quantity and quality. Third, the elected regent holds most power in the region, therefore, the accomplishment of family planning programs in Empat Lawang is greatly depend on the Regent political will. From this result, some strategies can be proposed to enhance sound demography and welfare policy. First, the central government needs to take a lead in reformulation of family planning management in district level; second, major recruitment of PLKB particularly for village level; third, consistent courses of re-introducing the significance of family planning to overall development goals to develop the political will of local leader in district level; and fourth, this study highlights that family planning policy could not be pursued successfully without promoting socio-economic conditions such as female literacy, the general quality of life, reproductive health and family welfare.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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