0 The World Bank Difficulty Defining the Middle Class

The World Bank Difficulty Defining the Middle Class

Indonesia Senior Economist of the World Bank Vivi Alatas said, defining the middle class is not an easy task and there is no single definition.

Because there are various circles that define it. The definition of an economic or a social and political cover.

"We have never quite well, there is no single definition of categorizing her right in the middle class," said Vivi at a seminar at Bank Indonesia.

When is descriptive, there are some deifisi which he can interpret. According to him, the Marxist thought, bourgeois middle class is not subordinate to the big capitalists or workers.

While sociologists Marx Weber argues, as seen from their income, job security, and the opportunity to develop his career.

Then, a few historians, continued Vivi, argued, are those who are self-employed as skilled craftsmen and leaders learned professions.

He said the definition of the middle class which is used or selected. He also describes several possibilities of private companies, governments or political parties, and the associated development economists.

Private companies may be concerned that the middle class is the size of the potential market of goods and services it sells. While government and politics may be interested in the provider groups voice support for important programs and policies, as well as the source of revenue for such services.

Then, development economists concerned that perhaps the middle class as a driver of growth. source of human capital and skilled human resources, and those who demand good governance.

"We used a pragmatic definition (general) only to see it as a proxy (balance) is not an indicator of a very raw. Hopefully next year we can collect the data and can share again (the exact definition)," he said.