Rapid decentralisation in Indonesia has shifted responsibility for managing substantial public funding from national to district governments and increased the importance of local government at the district level in delivering public services. Local government budget delays have become a huge problem as they not only delay the local government’s delivery of services but also reduce its functional capacity. Our research assesses problems of budget delay in Indonesian districts. Three districts were chosen as case studies for interviews and group discussions. The research finds that human capacity and administrative problems have slowed the development and enactment of budgets. Moreover, efforts to keep election promises, especially to develop infrastructure, have not only brought a lengthy process of bargaining for economic and financial resources but also undermined the participatory budget process. This has been intensified by poor political interaction, as shown in the three case studies.

印度尼西亚的快速权力下放已将管理大量公共资金的责任从国家政府转移到了地区政府，并提高了地区政府在提供公共服务方面的重要性。地方政府预算延误已成为一个大问题，因为这不仅延误了地方政府的服务交付，而且降低了其职能能力。我们的研究评估了印度尼西亚地区的预算延迟问题。三个地区被选为访谈和小组讨论的案例研究。研究发现，人的能力和行政问题减缓了预算的制定和制定。此外，努力兑现选举承诺，特别是发展基础设施，不仅带来了对经济和财政资源的漫长讨价还价过程，而且破坏了参与性预算过程。如三个案例研究所示，政治互动不佳加剧了这种情况。