Traffic of Goods and Services: Critical and Strategic Review for Increasing the Human Development Index (HDI)

Departing from the issue of high number of the entry and exit of goods and services, and the low number of Human Development Index (HDI), this study aims at investigating and to determine the supporting and inhibiting factors in road handling, the effectiveness of the entry and exit of goods and services, and their contribution to increasing HDI. This study uses a qualitative approach with the research descriptive format. The informants in this study are the actors and stakeholders in the road management and the increase of HDI which are determined purposively. The technique used to collect the data is Focus Group Discussions (FGD) and assisted by data collection techniques for interviews, observations, and documentation. The findings in this study are: road handling is already adequately running, the condition of the road is quite good, and the traffic of goods and services runs smoothly. However, these three are not strong enough in contributing to increasing HDI. It is due to the goods, that are entering, are originating from the outside the region or imported goods. Subsequently, the goods are distributed to the outside area. In other words, they only act as a place for transit.