JPWP was established from the magister economics program, namely a journal that focuses on research regional planning and development performance, issues, successes and problems. As for the scope of this journal is;
1.  Regional Planning,
2.  Development Planning,
3.  Regional development,
4.  Enviromental Issues,
5.  Development Problems,
6.  Macroeconomic Regional Indicator, and
7.  Government Performance.