Judul: The Effect of Social Spending on Poverty Reduction: Evidence from District/Municipality Level in Indonesia
Abstrak: This thesis analyses the effect of government social transfer, GDP per capita, and mean years of schooling on poverty reduction at the district level. The focus is on the impact of the social transfer on the poverty rate and poverty gap reduction in 504 districts and municipalities between 2015 and 2020. The study uses this period because the Indonesian government increased the budget for social transfer in 2015. The study finds that social transfer negatively affects the poverty rate, but the social transfer is not significant in reducing the poverty gap. These findings suggest that social transfer is less beneficial for the poorest population. One possible reason is that the poorest population lacks social assistance support. For more efficient poverty reduction, the government should update the Indonesia Unified Database and ensure the poorest population receive two or more social transfer programs. The results also demonstrate that GDP per capita only negatively influences the poverty rate. Interestingly, the study shows that mean years of schooling negatively affect the poverty rate and poverty gap.
Keyword: social transfer, poverty rate, poverty gap

Judul: The Effect of Village Funds on Inequality of Poverty Rates in the Rural Urban Areas in Indonesia
Abstrak: Indonesia merupakan salah satu negara berkembang di mana kemiskinan masih menjadi masalah dalam pelaksanaan pembangunan. Kemiskinan di Indonesia didominasi oleh kemiskinan perdesaan. Hal ini menyebabkan munculnya kesenjangan tingkat kemiskinan wilayah perdesaan dan perkotaan di Indonesia. Dana desa merupakan program kerja masa pemerintahan Presiden Joko Widodo yang mana salah satu tujuannya adalah mengentaskan kemiskinan di perdesaan Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh dana desa terhadap kesenjangan tingkat kemiskinan wilayah desa kota di Indonesia periode tahun 2015 sampai 2019. Metode analisis dalam penelitian ini adalah analisis deskriptif dan analisis data panel. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kesenjangan tingkat kemiskinan desa kota setiap pulau selama periode 2015-2019 senantiasa mengalami penurunan. Dana desa dan pendidikan berpengaruh nyata mengurangi kesenjangan tingkat kemiskinan wilayah desa kota, rasio dana perimbangan berpengaruh nyata menambah kesenjangan tingkat kemiskinan wilayah desa kota, sedangkan PDRB per kapita dan rasio pendapatan asli daerah tidak berpengaruh nyata terhadap kesenjangan tingkat kemiskinan wilayah desa kota di Indonesia., Indonesia is one of the developing countries where poverty is still a problem in the implementation of development. Poverty in Indonesia is dominated by rural poverty. This has led to the emergency of inequality on poverty rates in rural and urban areas in Indonesia. The village funds is a work program under President Joko Widodo’s administration, one of which is to eradicate poverty in rural Indonesia. This study aims to analyze the effect of the village funds on inequality of poverty rates in rural urban areas in Indonesia for the period 2015 to 2019. The analysis method in this study is descriptive analysis and panel data analysis. The results showed that the gap in the rural urban poverty rate of each island in Indonesia during 2015-2019 period contiunues to decrease. Village funds and education had a significant effect on reducing the inequality of poverty rates in urban rural areas, the ratio of balancing fund had a significant effect on increasing the inequality of poverty rates in rural urban areas, while GDRP per capita and the ratio of original regional income did not significantly effect on inequality of poverty rates in rural urban areas in Indonesia.
Keyword: Village Funds, Panel Data, Inequality of Poverty

Judul: Embriogenesis ikan buta (Astyanax fasciatus)
Abstrak: Ikan buta Astyanax fasciatus adalah spesies ikan unik dari famili Characidae yang menempati perairan dalam gua di Wilayah La Cueva Chica-San Luis Potasi-Mexico. Ikan ini memiliki mata yang tereduksi (Blind Cavefish) dan warna kulit merah muda, pucat serta mengkilap.
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