Competitiveness and Human Resource of Indonesian on ASEAN Economic Community

Abstract

Human resources are one of the key factors to increase competitiveness to face competition in the free market in Southeast Asia. Indonesia has the largest number of human resources in Southeast Asia with a small number of skilled human resources. The purpose of this study is to explain the contribution of human resources in increasing Indonesia competitiveness in the ASEAN Economic Community. This study uses secondary data sourced from the Central Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Indonesia, the World Bank, and various other relevant sources. Assessment conducted on countries in Shouteast Asia. The research results to indicate that Indonesia has the skilled human resource lowest in the ASEAN-5, only slightly above the Philippines and CLMV. This situation results competitiveness of Indonesia is lowest in ASEAN-4. If this is not addressed quickly will have an impact on other aspects, thus aggravating the competitiveness of Indonesia on the future. One important solution for Indonesia is to increase the quantity and quality of our people education.