Judul: Kebijakan Pembangunan Desa dan Pemberantasan Kemiskinan:
Studi Kasus pada Dana Desa di Provinsi Aceh, Indonesia.
Abstrak: Village funds is still a new fiscal policy that was initially launched in 2015 by the seventh president of Indonesia, “Joko Widodo”, as his pilot project. Some villages have significantly benefited from developments and improvements initiated by the policy. However, it also has been identified through various investigative analysis that not all village funds allocations transferred to local governments have been implemented effectively and efficiently. This research examines the relationship between the village funds allocations and poverty alleviation in Aceh province, Indonesia. Using a panel data model that provides random-effects estimations, it concludes the village funds allocations from the period of 2015 to 2018 cannot reduce the poverty rate in 23 regencies/municipalities in Aceh. Fiscal variables such as government expenditure and government own revenue have also shown a positive relationship with the poverty rate. Furthermore, with fixed-effects estimation, village funds allocations also show the same result of its relationship with the number of people living in poverty. Meanwhile, one fiscal variable, GDRP has a negative and significant relationship with the number of people living in poverty. Some social variables, such as education and population have also had significant and negative effects on the poverty rate and the number of people living in poverty.
Keyword: panel, dana desa, kemiskinan, fiskal, kebijakan

Judul: Pengaruh Dana Desa dalam Pengentasan Kemiskinan di Indonesia
Abstrak: Kemiskinan merupakan permasalahan yang masih dihadapi di negara berkembang salah satunya Indonesia. Penurunan persentase tingkat kemiskinan Indonesia masih kurang dari 1% selama kurun waktu tahun 2014-2017. Persentase penduduk miskin Indonesia masih di dominasi di wilayah pedesaan. Berbagai program dari pemerintah telah diterapkan guna mengentaskan kemiskinan. Pada era pemerintahan Joko Widodo, pemerintah membuat suatu kebijakan baru sebagai upaya pengentasan kemiskinan di wilayah pedesaan yaitu mencanangkan sebuah Dana desa yang tertuang dalam Nawa Cita. Dana desa tersebut diberikan kepada setiap desa yang tersebar di seluruh Provinsi di Indonesia. Dalam implementasinya banyak contoh desa yang berhasil mengembangkan potensi di wilayahnya karena bantuan dari dana desa. Penelitian ini dibuat untuk melihat bagaimana pengaruh kinerja dana desa yang sudah berjalan selama 3 tahun dalam kurun waktu 2015-2017 untuk mengentaskan kemiskinan di 33 Provinsi di Indonesia dalam metode panel data. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa dana desa signifikan berpengaruh positif terhadap pengentasan kemiskinan di Indonesia.
Keyword: Dana Desa, Kemiskinan, Panel Data

Judul: Characteristic of chili drying (Capsicum annum L.) as a natural dyeing cosmetic
Abstrak: Chilli (Capsicum sp.) contains carotenoids, which are a group of natural pigments consist of red, orange or yellow color. Carotenoids can be dissolved in lipid so that they can be applied to oil-based cosmetic ingredients. Therefore, chilli is potential to be developed as cosmetic colorants. However, pungency of red chili needs to be removed because it is irritating and it provides stinging sensation to skin. Red chilli was investigated as a potent material for a cosmetic colourant in this research because it has a nice uniform red color and has a pungency level less than cayenne pepper. The purpose of this research was to investigate the influence of blanching on drying characteristics of red chilli using a tray dryer, determine the proper time of chili blanching in sodium bisulfite solution, examine color changes stability of red chili powder as a cosmetic dye, and analyze the effect of oleoresin extraction on color and pungency level of red chili powder. The results showed that blanching could affect the drying characteristics. Blanching the chilli for 9 minutes prior drying could speed up the drying rate of chilli and thus the drying time, therefore, the chilli achieved the desired moisture content fast. Sodium bisulfite solution of 0.2%, used as the blanching media, could maintain the color well. However, longer time of blanching might cause several pigments soluble in the blanching media. Blanching the chilli for 9 minutes was able to maintain red color after the stability tested and after extraction of oleoresin. Therefore, blanching red chilli in a solution of 0.2% sodium bisulfite for 9 minutes prior drying is concluded as the best treatment to retain the color of red chilli powder
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