Many Papuan residents are still living in poverty despite the Indonesian government investing almost 5 billion US dollars in special autonomy funds to the province over the past decade.
31 percent of the population in Papua is considered impoverished, the highest rate of any Indonesian province.
The Jakarta Post reports a member of the Supreme Audit Agency, Rizal Djalil, speaking at lecture in the provincial capital Jayapura saying the channelliing of funds to the province had not been successful.
Mr Djalil said Papua's human development index stood at 65.86 in 2012, an increase of only 5 percent since the funding started in 2002.
He said the government should re-examine Papua's special autonomy laws based on the results of a comprehensive evaluation of special autonomy in the province.
