The National Planning Board (Bappenas) has released information that the Government has specified nine priority areas in its 2007 work plan, which  are expected to absorb near to Rp. 173 trillion of total budget for the year, or 75.12% of expected total 2007 Budget Allocation, reports Bisnis Indonesia. 

The nine priority areas for development and their expected outlays (in Rp. Trillions) are: 
 

1.   Poverty Eradication                                                                   25.408  

2.   Increase employment opportunities, investments and exports             2.045 

3.    Revitalize Agriculture, Fishery, Forestry and Rural Development        17.408  

4.   Increase Access to and the Quality of Education and Health             33.889 

5.   Law Enforcement, Corruption Eradication and Bureaucratic                 7.410 

6.   Defense, involvement in, and resolution of Conflicts                         45.590 

7.   Disaster Mitigation and Management                                             10.697 

8.   Acceleration of Infrastructure Development                                    25.919

9.   Development of Border areas and Isolated areas                               4.626  

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                                                                        Total                   172.992
 

However, seen from Budget amounts allocated, priority scale of the nine priority areas, reads as follows: (1) Defense 26.35%; (2) Education and Health 19.59%; (3) Infrastructure 14.98%; (4) Poverty Eradication 14.68%; (5) Agriculture, Fishery, Forestry and Rural Development 10.06%;  (6) Disaster Mitigation and Management 6.18%; (7) Law Enforcement, Anti-Corruption, and Bureaucratic Reform 4.28%; (8) Development of Border and Isolated areas 2.67%; and (9) Opening of Employment Opportunities, Investments and Exports 1.18% of  total 9 priority areas mentioned above.