Judul: Pengaruh Belanja Pemerintah Daerah terhadap Pertumbuhan Ekonomi dan Kemiskinan Kabupaten/Kota di Provinsi Banten
Abstrak: Economic growth is one measure of economic development. The high economic growth and low poverty indicates that an area has good public prosperity. To get the high economic growth and low poverty required the maximum role of government, by government expenditure. The purpose of this study was to explain the development of government expenditure and analyzed the influence of government expenditure on economic growth and poverty in Banten Province. This research uses descriptive method and panel data on 8 districts/cities in Banten Province in the periode of 2009-2012. The result indicate that the government expenditure in Banten Province always increase. Based on the model in analysis, goods and service expenditure and capital expenditure have a positive effect and significant contributions to the regional economic growth and also have a negative effect and significant contributions to the poverty.
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), poverty, panel data, government expenditure, economic growth

Judul: Analysis of Factors Affecting the Poverty Rate in Province Banten (Period 2009-2013).
Abstrak: Kompleksitas dan keberagaman kemiskinan di suatu daerah berbeda dengan daerah lain, tergantung pada kondisi utama yang dihadapi masing-masing daerah. Oleh sebab itu, penanggulangan kemiskinan tidak hanya dilakukan oleh pemerintah pusat, akan tetapi dilakukan juga oleh pemerintah daerah. Provinsi Banten merupakan salah satu daerah yang masih menghadapi permasalahan dalam penanggulangan kemiskinan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mendeskripsikan kondisi kemiskinan dan menganalisis faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi tingkat kemiskinan di Provinsi Banten pada periode tahun 2009 sampai tahun 2013, dan dapat mendeskripsikan solusi untuk meminimalisasi masalah kemiskinan di Provinsi Banten. Metode analisa menggunakan metode analisis regresi data panel. Variabel-variabel yang menjadi acuan faktor dalam penelitian ini adalah pertumbuhan ekonomi, upah minimum, jumlah pengangguran, dan angka melek huruf. Dari hasil penelitian yang sudah dilakukan, variabel yang signifikan terhadap tingkat kemiskinan di provinsi Banten yaitu upah minimum, jumlah pengangguran, dan angka melek huruf. Sedangkan variabel yang tidak signifikan terhadap tingkat kemiskinan di provinsi Banten yaitu pertumbuhan ekonomi.
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University, Institut Pertanian Bogor, IPB, Poverty, Economic growth, Minimum wages, Unemployment, Education, Banten province, Regression panel data, Literacy rate, Poverty problem, Regional poverty

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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