Survey Finds Most Indonesians Doubt Future of Red and White Village Cooperatives
A recent survey by SMRC indicates that public confidence in Indonesia's Red and White Village Cooperative (KDMP) program has significantly declined. While awareness of the program has risen to nearly 80 percent, the majority of respondents now express doubt regarding its future development.
Why it matters
The decline in public trust poses a challenge for government economic initiatives aimed at rural development and cooperative-based growth.
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Saiful Mujani Research & Consulting (SMRC) has recorded that the majority of the Indonesian public is not confident that the Red and White Village Cooperative (KDMP) will develop in the future. SMRC Executive Director, Deni Irvani, stated that the survey results show that the public's confidence in the program has dropped by around 18.3 percentage points from November 2025 to July 5-19, 2026.In the November 2025 survey, 43.3 percent of respondents stated that they believed KDMP would continue to develop. This figure then dropped to 41.7 percent in the survey from February 26 to March 5, 2026, and plummeted again to 25 percent in the survey from July 5-19, 2026.
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