PLANNING THE DIAMETRICAL GROWTH OF DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE (LEGAL ASPECT OF HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT TOWARDS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT OF INDONESIAN LABOR FORCE)

ABSTRACT This article is entitled “Planning the Diametrical Growth of Development and Welfare (Legal Aspect of Human Capital Investment towards Quality Improvement of Indonesian Labor Force). The problems arise when priorities in the Indonesian government policies towards development (investment) are not in accordance with the current needs of the society, namely with the need for welfare (consumption). Population density and unemployment also present their own complex problems in Indonesia so that a large number of Indonesians are willing to go abroad for employment. The role of the state in establishing people’s welfare is the demand of the constitution which represents the rational choice of Indonesian people. By becoming labor force abroad, it does not mean that the rights of the citizens to get the necessary education, employment and a living are no longer the State’s obligation to realize them. Determining the priority choices become difficult for the decision makers and the law establishment body to cope with this antinomy condition between development growth and wellbeing. Therefore, alternative rational choices should be made, among other things through education, in order to achieve both growth and welfare at the same time. Key words: Growth Development, Human Capital, welfare, Labor Force.