Judul: Efektivitas Program Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Bidang Ekonomi di Posdaya Pancagalih.
Abstrak: Tujuan pembangunan di Indonesia adalah mengentaskan kemiskinan. Pembangunan yang dilakukan harus benar-benar menyentuh kepentingan masyarakat itu sendiri sehingga dapat mengubah masyarakat dari tidak berdaya menjadi berdaya. Posdaya (Pos Pemberdayaan Keluarga) merupakan gagasan baru yang diciptakan sebagai upaya untuk mewadahi keterlibatan masyarakat dengan skala keluarga dalam berbagai kegiatan dan kelembagaan pemberdayaan. Posdaya yang berdiri sejak tahun 2005 perlu mendapatkan evaluasi untuk melihat efektivitas program tersebut. Pada penelitian ini difokuskan pada Posdaya bidang ekonomi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengidentifikasi efektivitas program pemberdayaan masyarakat bidang ekonomi di Posdaya Pancagalih. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan pendekatan kuantitatif didukung oleh data kualitatif. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode survey dengan responden sebanyak 36 reponden. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat hubungan positif antara partisipasi anggota Posdaya dengan efektivitas program bidang ekonomi di Posdaya Pancagalih.
Keyword: Efektivitas, partisipasi, pemberdayaan, Posdaya

Judul: Tingkat Partisipasi dan Kemandirian Masyarakat dalam Bidang Ekonomi Program Posdaya (Kasus Posdaya Bina Sejahtera Kelurahan Pasir Mulya Kota Bogor)
Abstrak: Posdaya program is a service institution on family empowerment provided for community to reach welfare through integrated eight family functions. This study aims to analyze both internal and external factors dealing with participation and independence and the relation between community’s participation and independence in the economic view upon “posdaya” program of Bina Sejahtera Posdaya. The study used explanatory research designs involving 87 respondents; namely, the community becoming the members and participants of posdaya. The technique used to determine the samples was simple random sampling, while the method to gather data was by survey. Data were then analyzed by applying descriptive statistics including frequency, percentile, score mean, score total, and cross tabulation. Meanwhile, to test the correlation, Tau B- Kendall with the help of SPSS version 17 was used. It was found that community’s participation in economic view was significantly low in the aspects of planning, implementing, and evaluating the results, whereas the aspect of enjoying the result fell into the low level. Conversely, the independency on mental attitude belonged to the high level. Furthermore, the internal factors that showed an obviously positive correlation with participation were formal education, family income, and cosmopolitans, whereas the external factors comprised the support for family, the roles of both key persons and assistance. Moreover, the external factors which were positively correlated with independence were family support and the roles of the key persons and assistance. Likewise, the significantly positive correlation was found in the level of participation and independence of the community in the economic view of posdaya program.
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Judul: Posisi Filogenetik Kura-Kura Carettochelys Insculpta  (Reptillia: Testudinata)
Abstrak: Carettochelys insculpta is an endemic freshwater turtle of southern Papua and northern Australia. Phylogenetic position of this turtle is remain unresolved until now. Most of the research conducted show close relationships of C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. However, some of the research show distance between C. insculpta and members of Trionychidae family. This research is conducted to analyze phylogenetic relationship between C. insculpta and other members of Testudinata using 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, and both gene as markers. DNA samples were obtained from three different organisms of C. insculpta. Two species used as outgroups were Alligator mississippiensis and Iguana iguana. Phylogenetic analysis was carried out using Neighbor-Joining method with Felsenstein 1981 (F81) modeltest. A polytomy tree of Testudinata was produced by using 12S rRNA gene. However, analysis using 16S rRNA and both genes as markers confirmed that C. insculpta was located between the Chelonidae and the Trionychidae family.
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