Judul: The impact of human resource investment and income transfer on income distribution and poverty in Indonesia
Abstrak: Income distribution disparity and household poverty have been crucial problems in Indonesia. Various efforts have been conducted by the Indonesian government to solve these problems, such as by increasing human resource investment and income transfer to household. The research objectives are to analyze impacts of human resource investment and income transfer to household on income distribution and poverty in Indonesia. It was being analyzed an econometric model, Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model, Beta Distribution Function and Foster-Greer- Thorbecke (FGT) method. Table of Indone sian Input-Output in 2003, Table of Indonesian Social Accounting Matrix in 2003, and database of National Social Economic Survey (SUSENAS) in 2002 were used in the analysis. Policy simulations conducted are (1) human resour ce investment for education and health sectors, and (2) income transfer from government to household group in the rural area.
Keyword: Income distribution, Poverty, Human Resource Investment, Income transfer, Computable General Equilibrium Model, Model ekonomi keseimbangan umum, Sistem Neraca Sosial Ekonomi

Judul: The impact of economic policy in the agroindustry sector on the income distribution and poverty in Indonesia
Abstrak: Kemiskinan di Indonesia sebagian besar berada di sektor pertanian dan perdesaan dan menjadi permasalahan nasional yang serius. Masalah kemiskinan dan distribusi pendapatan terkait erat dengan strategi pembangunan ekonomi yang dilakukan. Kebijakan pengembangan agroindustri merupakan salah satu kebijakan pemerintah yang diharapkan berdampak mengurangi kemiskinan dan memperbaiki distribusi pendapatan. Penelitian bertujuan untuk menganalisis peran sektor agroindustri dalam perekonomian nasional dan dampak kebijakan ekonomi di sektor agroindustri terhadap distribusi pendapatan dan kemiskinan. Kebijakan ekonomi yang dimaksud adalah kebijakan peningkatan pengeluaran pemerintah, ekspor, investasi dan insentif pajak di sektor agroindustri dan redistribusi pendapatan. Analisis menggunakan data Sistem Neraca Sosial Ekonomi (SNSE) yang didisagregasi ke dalam agroindustri makanan dan non makanan. Simulasi kebijakan di sektor agroindustri dilanjutkan untuk menganalisis distribusi pendapatan dan kemiskinan menggunakan data SNSE dan SUSENAS., Indonesia poverty incidences are mostly found in the rural areas and in the agricultural sector. At present, the incidence is becoming more increasing and has drawn a national attention. Poverty and income distribution are closely related to the economic development. Agroindustry development policy is one of the government policies aim to have positive impacts on the income equality and poverty in Indonesia. The objective of this study is to analyze the role of agroindustry in the Indonesian economy and to analyze the impact of the government expenditure, export, investment and tax policy in agroindustry sector on the income distribution and poverty.
Keyword: Agroindustry, Social Accounting Matrix, Income distribution, Poverty, Pembangunan ekonomi, Aliran klasik, Aliran strukturalis, Strategi Agricultural-Demand-Led Industrialization, Neraca sosial ekonomi, Cross entropy

Judul: Hydroxyapatite-Chitosan Composite Coating on Stainless Steel 316 to Improve Corrosion Resistance
Abstrak: Metals that were used in bone implantation should have good corrosion resistance that were not easily corroded when implanted into the body. Metal corrosion resistance of stainless steel 316 can be enhanced through the metal coating by hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite with composition ratio of hydroxyapatite (gram) and chitosan 3% (mL) 0.2:0, 0.2:0.1, 0.2:0.5, 0.2:1.0, and 0.2:1.5. Besides improving the corrosion resistance of metal, the presence of chitosan also maintain the position of hydroxyapatite on metal surfaces. Corrosion resistance increases with increasing amount of chitosan added and the best composition of hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite was 0.2:1.0.
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