In 2014, Indonesia issued the so-called ´Village Law´ which intends to push for development in villages and empower villagers in conducting business and economic activities. The law was one of the most significant pieces of legislation since Indonesia began a push for decentralization of power from the center to the regions in 2001.  The law guarantees that the central government allocate a specific amount of funds to Indonesia’s 74,093 villages so that they can finance their own development based on their individual needs and priorities

In 2018, the Indonesian government launched the village product flagship development program (or Prudes for short, in Indonesian) to increase job opportunities in the villages. Moreover, Indonesia has also established productive migrant villages across Indonesia (the target being 400 villages), which do not only provide information and documents for people who do intend to migrate, but also empower the migrants´ families, create a cooperative for migrants´ families and help migrants re-integrate into the society.