Defense Economy: Essential Role of the TNI on Helping Border Villages in Increasing Community Productivity, Case Study in the Border Area of Nusa Tenggara Timur

Kennedy, Posma Sariguna Johnson and Meko, Ayub U.I. and Tobing, Suzanna Josephine L. (2019) Defense Economy: Essential Role of the TNI on Helping Border Villages in Increasing Community Productivity, Case Study in the Border Area of Nusa Tenggara Timur. ENDINAMOSIS 2019 3rd International Conference on Rural Development and Community Empowerment, 1 (3). ISSN 2502 1478

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Abstract

This study aims to explain the phenomenon of the defense economy that economic and defense programs must run in harmony to obtain an acceleration in improving people's welfare. The main priority of the government program is not only to improve the economy but also to provide adequate security and defense. So that economic actors can carry out their commercial activities optimally. According to the defense economy, the impact of using the defense budget on the economy can appear from the approach of demand or consumption and supply or production. From the consumption side, the defense can protect national resources against various threats, so that public use becomes stable and even increases. In contrast, in this paper, we want to see a defense program from the production side. This paper aims to know how the Indonesian National Army (TNI) plays a role in helping local governments to develop border villages. The methodology is a literature review and focuses group discussions with local policymakers, especially in Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) Province. The part of the TNI is more critical when in border villages because it is at the forefront, remote and relatively inaccessible. There are still many areas whose development is slow with low accessibility and is dominated by disadvantaged regions with minimal social and economic facilities and infrastructure. It was there that this role became increasingly important as a way of opening in both physical and nonphysical forms. There were still few private, who dared to invest in border areas. Keywords: Defense Economy, Border Village, Indonesian National Army (TNI), Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT)

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