Jakarta, Oct. 26 -- The Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions is preparing 71 pilot villages to implement its "Village Quantum" empowerment model, aiming to accelerate rural development and boost village self-reliance.

According to Rosyid Althaf, secretary of the ministry's Human Resources Development and Empowerment Agency, the 71 pilot sites will be selected from a pool of 211 villages that internal analysis shows have already made significant leaps in their development status.

"We are testing this in 71 of those 211 villages to serve as pilots," Rosyid said in the Pos Depan podcast, monitored online in Jakarta on Monday.

He further explained that Village Quantum is an empowerment model designed to accelerate ...