Development and Economic Growth

A. Economic Development
          Economic development is something done by the government process in  
     a conscious and planned in order increasing standard of living of society 
     as a whole. 
          Economic development characteristics, namely :    
    1) An increase in GNP and per capita income with the income distribution.
    2) The occurrence of changes in economic structure.
    3) The development of technology.
    4) An increase in the uniform welfare.
          Economic development has a purpose, namely :
    1) Expanding employment opportunities
    2) Improving the quality of education
    3) Increase public revenue
    4) Improve the quality of life
    5) Expanding the distribution of essential goods
B. Economic Growth
          Economic growth is a process of improvement in real GDP from year  
     to year.  
          Economic growth have characteristics, namely :
    1) Increased production of goods and services.
    2) increase in output per capita.
    3) A change in the economic sector.
          Economic growth is influenced by several factors, among others :
    1) Capital goods.
    2) Advances in technology.
    3) Quality of labor.
    4) SDA.
    5) Management.
    6) Entrepreneurship.
          Indonesia is a developing country per capita is lower causes, namely:
    1) Lack of life-quality,
    2) The unemployment rate is high,
    3) The birth rate is high,
    4) The quality of education is less, and
    5) The poverty rate is high.
     Indonesia's what causes the flow to developing countries. Indonesia is rich 
     in natural resources, due to lack of adequate technology to manage, and exploit 
     all natural resources, Indonesia could not compete with neighboring countries  
     to control the level of poverty, unemployment, and high birth rate and also can  
     manage its natural resources properly.