Indeks Desa Membangun Plus (IDM+): Enhancing Direct Incentives for Sustainable Land Use in Indonesian Villages

This research paper by the Climate Policy Initiative proposes the Sustainable Village Development Index (IDM+) to integrate environmental sustainability into Indonesia's village-level governance. The authors argue that existing evaluation tools fail to measure ecological performance, leaving villages without clear metrics or fiscal incentives to implement sustainable land use and climate actions. The paper suggests using IDM+ as a basis for Ecological Fiscal Transfers (EFT) to reward high-performing villages and support those with low performance, using a case study in Berau Regency to demonstrate the mechanism's potential.

• Current village-level evaluation tools, specifically the Village Development Evaluation (IPD) and the Village Development Index (IDM), are insufficient for measuring environmental sustainability. While IPD focuses on socio-economics and disaster resilience, the IDM's ecological resilience index is limited to a "narrow scope of environmental quality and disaster risk management."
• Despite a national framework for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their inclusion in Indonesia's Mid-Term Development Plan (RPJMN), there are no active SDG evaluation indicators used by local governments to determine fiscal transfers to villages.
• The proposed Sustainable Village Development Index (IDM+) enhances the existing IDM by adding 10 ecological indicators across two categories: climate actions (8 indicators) and land-use and natural resource management (2 indicators). These include metrics for renewable energy, waste management, and village spatial planning.
• A case study in Berau District, East Kalimantan, involving 100 villages, revealed that most villages scored 'Very Low' (48/100) or 'Low' (35/100) on the IDM+ scale. The highest performance was in the diversification of agricultural commodities, while village spatial planning and social forestry showed the lowest performance.
• To implement ecological fiscal transfers in Berau, the paper recommends a mixed approach using different fiscal instruments. The Village Fund Allocation (ADD) could reward high-performing villages—potentially increasing their allocation by 12-18% (averaging IDR 200 million)—while Financial Assistance could be used as 'affirmative action' to support low-performing villages.
• The authors recommend that the Indonesian central government, specifically the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Villages, endorse EFTs and consider incorporating IDM+ into the national IDM to mainstream ecological evaluations across all villages.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2020). Indeks Desa Membangun Plus (IDM+): Enhancing Direct Incentives for Sustainable Land Use in Indonesian Villages. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/indeks-desa-membangun-plus-idm-enhancing-direct-incentives-for-sustainable-land-use-in-indonesian-villages/

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. Indeks Desa Membangun Plus (IDM+): Enhancing Direct Incentives for Sustainable Land Use in Indonesian Villages. 2020. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/indeks-desa-membangun-plus-idm-enhancing-direct-incentives-for-sustainable-land-use-in-indonesian-villages/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2020indeks, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{Indeks Desa Membangun Plus (IDM+): Enhancing Direct Incentives for Sustainable Land Use in Indonesian Villages}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2020}, month = nov, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/indeks-desa-membangun-plus-idm-enhancing-direct-incentives-for-sustainable-land-use-in-indonesian-villages/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }