Transmigration in Indonesia

Question 1

What is transmigration

Answer 1

a scheme created by the Indonesian government to ease overpopulation in the capital of Java by moving people to the less populated areas of Indonesia.

Question 2

What did the government provide for the policy?

Answer 2

The government provided land, money & fertiliser for those who move for 18 months in order to allow them to sustain a small farm.

Question 3

Aims of transmigration

Answer 3

To create a balanced demographic spread by easing population density in Java.
To eliminate poverty by providing land for the landless.
To exploit the outer islands of Indonesia.

Question 4

Problems with the policy

Answer 4

Indonesia’s outer islands contain 10% of the world’s remaining rain forests, which were destroyed by transmigrants.
The project cost the Indonesian government $7,000 per family and was an economic disaster, worsening Indonesia’s national debt.
It had little effect on reducing Java’s population.