The Impact of ICT Infrastructure on Rural

Development
Case Study: Probolinggo Regency

Yanuar Eka Prasetya*1, Meriko Dian Candra I1, AR. Rahman Taufiq
Hidayat2
1
Student of Urban and Regional Planning Department, University of
Brawijaya
2
Urban and Regional Planning Department, University of Brawijaya

Sub-Theme: 7
Rural Planning and

Abstract

Rural Development affected by several factors, one of them is Access to

Information and Communication Technology (Ministry of Rural
Development and Transmigration, 2015). In Indonesia, the use of
Information and Communication Technology has developed rapidly
(Ministry of Information and Communication, 2014). One of the objectives
of rural development in 2015-2019 RPJMN is to reduce the number of
underdevelope villages to 5,000 villages and increase the number of
independent villages at least 2,000 villages in 2019 (Bappenas, 2014). In
East Java, one of the districts that have lower Village Development Index
than the the provinces average is Probolinggo Regency with a value of
0.6303 (Ministry of Rural Development and Transmigration, 2015). In
other hands, there are still some unserved signal area, whereas 80% of
rural communities are already using Information and Communication
Technology media either wired or wireless (Cell Plan Probolinggo, 2014).
The existence of inequality of Information and Communication
Technology services in Probolinggo then addressed in this study of its
relationship to the development of the village in Probolinggo. The method
used in this research is Ordinary Least Square that used to determine the
influence of ICT Infrastructure to Rural Development in Probolinggo.
From the studies, found that some of the variables in the Village
Development Index is affected by the ICT infrastructure. The result is
very important for rural development in Probolinggo regency which still
relatively in a growing category.

Keywords
ICT; Infrastructure; Rural Development