KESENJANGAN DAN KONVERGENSI EKONOMI ATAR KABUPATEN PADA EMPAT KORIDOR DI PROPINSI JAWA TIMUR

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze the economic growth in regency area on the for
corridors in Province of East Java; to analyze the imbalance among the regencies on the four corridors
in East Java; to analyze the convergence among the regencies on the four corridors in East Java.
There is still an unstable condition on the growth average in the whole regencies/cities in East
Java, sometimes increasing and sometimes decreasing. On the average growth of the four corridors
in East Java, South East corridor has the highest average on economic growth. It is because the
regency/city in that corridor becomes an economic central in East Java.
From the analysis of discrepancy, it can be showed that there is still discrepancy enhancement
among the regencies on the four corridors in East Java. From the convergence analysis, there is not
a lot of enhancement on the economic growth in those four corridors on the regency level. It shows
that there is still necessity on amelioration in any sector to enhance the economic growth.