Multiplier Effect of Dam Development in Indonesia (A Study on Dam Development during the Leadership of President Joko Widodo)

Abstract

This paper is a literature study entitled Multiplier Effect of Dam Development Policies in Indonesia with a focus on dam development policies under the leadership of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Ir. H. Joko Widodo. Library research is part of the type of qualitative research, therefore the characteristics of qualitative research are transformed into the context of library research by moving the field setting to the library room, including changing interview and observation activities into text and discourse analysis. The results of this study indicate that Indonesia's dam construction policy is not limited to the purpose of increasing food security. However, the construction of dams actually has a multiplier effect, such as; as a power generator, flood control, overcoming drought, development of freshwater fish farming, and development of the tourism sector. Where the multiplier impact caused by the construction of dams has proven to be able to open new economic opportunities that stem from increasing the welfare of the community.