Judul: Fiscal Decentralization on Poverty in Indonesia
Abstrak: Kemiskinan merupakan permasalahan kompleks yang dialami oleh berbagai negara, termasuk Indonesia. Kemiskinan di Indonesia cenderung berfluktuasi dengan nilai derajat desentralisasi fiskal yang menunjukkan bahwa tingkat kemandirian fiskal di Indonesia tergolong cukup baik, namun permasalahan kemiskinan masih belum terselesaikan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh desentralisasi fiskal terhadap kemiskinan di Indonesia tahun 2017-2022. Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah analisis deskriptif dan analisis data panel. Data yang digunakan adalah data 34 provinsi di Indonesia selama periode tahun 2017-2022. Hasil estimasi regresi data panel diperoleh bahwa variabel derajat desentralisasi fiskal dan rata-rata lama sekolah berpengaruh negatif signifikan terhadap persentase penduduk miskin, indeks kedalaman kemiskinan, dan indeks keparahan kemiskinan di Indonesia. Kemudian variabel gini rasio dan dummy Covid-19 berpengaruh positif signifikan persentase penduduk miskin, indeks kedalaman kemiskinan, dan indeks keparahan kemiskinan di Indonesia. Pertumbuhan ekonomi tidak berpengaruh signikan terhadap persentase penduduk miskin dan indeks kedalaman kemiskinan, namun berpengaruh signifikan negatif terhadap indeks keparahan kemiskinan di Indonesia., Poverty is a complex problem experienced by various countries, including Indonesia. Poverty in Indonesia tends to fluctuate with the value of the degree of fiscal decentralization which shows that the level of fiscal independence in Indonesia is quite good, but the problem of poverty is still unresolved. This study aims to analyze the effect of fiscal decentralization on poverty in Indonesia in 2017-2022. The analytical method used is descriptive analysis and panel data analysis. The data used is data from 34 provinces in Indonesia during 2017-2022. The estimation results of the regression panel data show that the variable degree of fiscal decentralization and the average length of schooling have a significant negative effect on the proportion of poor people, the poverty depth index, and the poverty severity index in Indonesia. Then the Gini ratio and dummy Covid-19 variables have a significant positive effect on the proportion of poor people, the poverty depth index, and the poverty index in Indonesia. Economic growth has no significant effect on the proportion of poor people and the poverty depth index, but has a significant effect on the poverty index of poverty in Indonesia.
Keyword: fiscal decentralization, Indonesia, panel data, poverty

Judul: The Effect of Fiscal Decentralization and Other Determinants on Poverty Level in East Java Province
Abstrak: Kemiskinan menjadi isu global dan diungkapkan secara tegas sebagai sasaran pembangunan milenium. Provinsi Jawa Timur menjadi provinsi yang memiliki jumlah penduduk miskin paling banyak di Indonesia yang mencapai 4,6 juta jiwa tahun 2020. Rata-rata derajat desentralisasi fiskal Provinsi Jawa Timur pada tahun 2015-2020 sebesar 60,54 persen yang artinya tingkat kemandirian daerah dikategorikan sangat tinggi, namun permasalahan kemiskinan masih belum teratasi. Penelitian ini memiliki tujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh desentralisasi fiskal terhadap tingkat kemiskinan di Provinsi Jawa Timur. Metode analisis yang digunakan yaitu analisis deskriptif dan analisis regresi data panel. Data yang dipakai yaitu data dari 38 kabupaten/kota di Provinsi Jawa Timur selama periode tahun 2015-2020. Dalam penelitian ini, desentralisasi fiskal diproksikan melalui variabel derajat desentralisasi fiskal. Hasil analisis menunjukkan variabel derajat desentralisasi fiskal berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kemiskinan. Sementara variabel angka harapan hidup, rata-rata lama sekolah dan Upah Minimum Kabupaten/Kota (UMK) berpengaruh negatif dan signifikan terhadap kemiskinan di Provinsi Jawa Timur., Poverty has become a global issue and is expressed as the targets in the millennium development. East Java Province is the province with the highest number of poor people in Indonesia, reaching 4.6 million people in 2020. The average degree of fiscal decentralization of East Java Province in 2015-2020 is 60.54 percent, which means that the level of regional independence is categorized as very high, but the problem of poverty is still not resolved. This study aims to analyze the effect of fiscal decentralization on poverty levels in East Java Province. The analytical method used is descriptive analysis and panel data regression analysis. The data used is data from 38 districts/cities in East Java Province during the 2015-2020. In this study, fiscal decentralization is proxied through the variable degree of fiscal decentralization. The results show that the degree of fiscal decentralization has a positive significant effect on poverty. Meanwhile, the variables of life expectancy, average length of schooling and Regency/City Minimum Wage (UMK) have a significant and negative effect on poverty in East Java Province.
Keyword: Degree of fiscal decentralization, poverty, panel data, Jawa Timur

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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