Judul: The Effect of Financing Program in Microfinance Institution (LKMS) towards the Income of Micro Enterprises Doers (BMT An-Nur, Banjarnegara)
Abstrak: Usaha Mikro (UM) sangat berperan dalam membangun perekonomian Indonesia. Terbatasnya modal membuat pengembangan usaha mikro kian sulit. Baitul Maal wat Tamwil (BMT) termasuk bagian lembaga keuangan mikro syariah yang bisa menjadi pendukung permodalan usaha mikro. Satu diantara akad yang digunakan untuk pembiayaan Usaha Mikro di BMT An-Nur yaitu akad Mudharabah. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu untuk menganalisis pengaruh karakteristik responden dan karakteristik usaha responden terhadap pendapatan pelaku usaha mikro. Metode yang dipergunakan yakni metode Regresi Linier Berganda dengan estimasi OLS dan metode Uji T Berpasangan. Hasil dari penelitian ini yaitu analisis deskriptif berupa karakteristik responden adalah usia dan pendidikan dan untuk karakteristik usaha responden berupa lama usaha, jarak, omset dan pembiayaan pendaptan pelaku usaha mikro memiliki perbedaan setelah melakukan pembiayaan di BMT An-Nur. Variabel yang secara positif signifikan memengaruhi pendapatan adalah pembiayaan yang diambil responden pendidikan, jarak, dan variabel lama usaha., Micro Enterprises plays a very important role in building the Indonesian economy. Limited capital makes the development of micro-enterprises increasingly difficult. Baitul Maal wat Tamwil (BMT) is part of a sharia microfinance institution that can support micro-enterprise capital. One of the contracts used to finance Micro Enterprises at BMT An-Nur is mudharabah. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of respondent characteristics and business characteristics of respondents on the income of micro-enterprises. The method used in this study is the Multiple Linear Regression method with estimation OLS and the Paired T Test method. The results of the research are descriptive analysis of the characteristics of the respondents is age and education, and the business characteristics of the respondents islength of business, distance, turnover and financing. The variables that have a significant positive effect on income are the financing taken by the respondent, education, distance, and the variable length of business. The income of micro business actors has a difference after financing at BMT An-Nur.
Keyword: BMT, OLS, UMKM, Paired T-Test

Judul: Program Pembiayaan Lembaga Keuangan Mikro Syariah (LKMS) dalam Peningkatan Kesejahteraan Pelaku Usaha Mikro (Studi Kasus BMT Syariah Baitul Karim, Bekasi)
Abstrak: The role of micro-enterprises in employment are very large, namely 99.9% of the total labour in Indonesia. It shows that micro businesses have a great opportunity in economic development and improving the welfare. This is not in accordance with the improvement of social welfare because of huge of the poor is 10.96% of the total population. Limited capital on micro businesses become obstacle that is difficult to avoid. In this case, the financing provided by the BMT become important for micro enterprises in accessing capital. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of the financing program in improving income and welfare micro businesses. The method which used in this research is Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method and logistic method. Significant variables that positively affect the revenue are financing taken of respondents, income generating family members, education, ethics and morals variable. The variables are positively and significantly affect the welfare are duration of membership, share of food expenditure to the total expenditure, average income, and financing are taken respondents
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University, Welfare, Micro Enterprise, Logistic Method, Financing

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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