THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDONESIA CIVIL-SERVICE 1974-1994

Indonesia's civil service grew rapidly between 1974 and 1994 although, relative to the labor force, it was still much smaller than the publi c employee corps of Western industrialized nations. The patterns of ch ange in the civil service are compared to the developments in public e mployment in the Western nations described by Richard Rose in 1985. Si milarities in the post-war development of Western ''welfare states'' a nd Indonesia's more recent experience are documented, especially the g rowth in size of the education and health ministries. The observed Ind onesian patterns were in accord with stated policy goals, and the educ ational level of the civil service has increased dramatically. Unlike post-war Western nations, however, regional variation in civil service density has not decreased. While the timing of economic and bureaucra tic growth in Indonesia and the West was quire different, enough simil arities exist to make the comparison worthwhile.