Smart Villages in Indonesia in the Light of the Literature Review

In the last few years, smart village has received increased attention from both researchers and practitioners. Especially with the advancement of digital technology that allows the interconnection between rural areas, smart village discussion is getting popular. The objective of this study, therefore, is to gain insights into the existing literature and to present the knowledge of how the smart village research in Indonesia context has been carried out. With more than 74,000 villages and most diverse country, Indonesia offers fruitful context study. This study in particular adopted the recent PRISMA framework to identify eligible articles for further systematic review. Based on this framework, this study was able to identify 133 eligible articles. Analysis indicated that research on smart village in Indonesia has been started since a decade ago. Thematic analysis revealed that three research topics that received most attention from the researches in smart village including application development, IT/IS management, Strategy and Implication for society. Considering the complex problem in rural development, future research with more focus on the implementation of emerging technology such as IoT, AI and big data in producing smart solution.