INSTITUTIONAL OBSTACLES TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN BALI, INDONESIA |
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| Authors: | Bruce Mitchell |
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| Institution: | Department of Geography, University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1 |
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| Abstract: | Developing and implementing sustainable development strategies involve overcoming many obstacles. The experience in Bali, Indonesia, illustrates some key institutional challenges which most countries must handle to achieve sustainable development, such as realising cross-sectoral integration, combining top-down and bottom-up planning, and creating credibility for a new policy initiative. Indonesia in general and Bali in particular has, in theory, considerable capability to implement sustainable development. However, as in most countries, effective practice does not always follow from theoretical potential. Strengths and weaknesses related to institutional challenges are identified and assessed, and their general implications are considered. Some key implications are the need to develop sustainable development strategies which reflect the conditions and needs specific to the targetted region, and to address different national and regional perspectives. |
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