Evaluating 4 years of Jokowi Sea Toll Policy: The concept of Indonesia- Centric connectivity for economic equality Evaluasi 4 tahun kebijakan Tol Laut Jokowi: Konsep konektivitas Indonesia- Sentris untuk kesetaraan ekonomi Kurniawati Sa’adah, Probo Darono Yakti, & Siti R. Susanto Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Airlangga Address: Jalan Dharmawangsa Dalam, Surabaya, East Java 60254 E-mail:
[email protected] Abstract Indonesia categorised as a middle economy country according to the global economic standard. The government launched the World Maritime Fulcrum as a grand strategy or doctrine that alters the development paradigm from land-based to maritime-based. This paper will discuss the policies on which the Joko Widodo (Jokowi) Sea Toll Road as connectivity with the T3P (frontier, outermost, and remote) area can support the price disparity as a form of social justice. It was reviewed using connectivity, the political economy, and economic growth theory. The author used a qualitative method to analyse the problem in addition to paper-based research. In the beginning, the background of the Sea Toll policy will be discussed, alongside the presentation of the research questions and thesis responses. At the same time, the study will include how previous studies have looked at this issue. Only then will it move on to the next chapter, which discusses conceptual connectivity, political economy and economic growth. Furthermore, the policy development from the Archipelago Belt and Nusantara Pendulum through to the Sea Toll Road will be discussed. Massive budgetary costs and empty returning freight costs will be discussed as well. After that, we will discuss the sea highway route and then the evaluation.