How Determinants of the Human Development Index Impact Indonesia

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to achieve success in the development process carried out by local and central governments, of course, as the right regulators in economic activities. Success in building HDI is largely determined by the full commitment of the government as a provider of facilities and infrastructure and fully understands that to achieve a modern economy, the quality of life of human resources must be improved. This research was carried out on the problems that occurred in several regions in Indonesia, the existence of inequality in both economic growth and human quality development in the western and eastern regions of Indonesia, a more visible phenomenon is that in several regions of Indonesia there has been looped economic growth and looped human development. This type of research is quantitative research, the subjects in this study are all provinces in Indonesia. The type of data used is secondary data using panel data from 34 provinces during 2015–2019. Data collection techniques were used observation and documentation. The data analysis technique is simultaneous analysis. The results of this research show that variables of education, government spending on education, economic growth, and poverty together have a significant influence on human development.