PERANAN BANK DUNIA TERHADAP PRIVATISASI SEKTOR AIR DI INDONESIA PADA TAHUN 1998-2010

Abstract

This study will discuss the role of the World Bank in support of the privatization of the
water sector in Indonesia. Commencement of water privatization in Indonesia in 1998 at the
initiative of the World Bank offer loans. Water resources sector reform process began in 1999.
This process begins with setting up the new water resources law to replace the Water Act. Draft
Water Management Act emerged as a prerequisite World Bank loan. Data collection techniques
used in this study is a multi case study. linking theory with data obtained through the research
library (library research). data obtained from books, journals, magazines, newspapers and other
sources (document analysis). I also use the internet facility in the process of data collection
related and relevant to the issues discussed in this study.
The author uses the theory of international organizations. International organizations
can be interpreted as a formal bond that transcends national boundaries are set to form an
institution in order to facilitate cooperation between the parties involved in the various fields.
Implementation explain the concept of economic privatization privatization in many countries is
seen as a strengthening of the market in the economic structure of the country. Privatization is
an attempt to restore economic activity to the private sector by reducing government interference
in the national economy.
Under pressure from the World Bank, the Indonesian government together with the
World Bank since 1998 put together a program structuring of water in Indonesia is drafting
legislation Water Resources in which the set of policies in the management of the water sector
include regulatory and institutional framework, management watersheds and irrigation. If
previously the private sector is only involved in the exploitation and management of drinking
water, water resources law allows the private sector's role in all areas of water, of water supply,
drinking water, until the fulfillment of the raw water for agriculture.
Keywords: water privatization Indonesia, the World Bank, international organization theory, the concept
of economic privatization, water resources law.