Judul: The Impact of Village Funds on The Economic Growth of Aceh Province in 2017-2022 and Its Convergence
Abstrak: Program dana desa adalah kebijakan fiskal yang dikelola secara mandiri oleh desa dengan tujuan meningkatkan kualitas hidup dan kesejahteraan penduduk. Provinsi Aceh merupakan penerima dana desa terbesar di Sumatera, namun Provinsi Aceh memiliki PDRB paling rendah di Pulau Sumatera dan paling rendah ke-15 di Indonesia. Hal ini bisa menjadi indikasi bahwa kapasitas fiskal yang ada belum dapat meningkatkan pertumbuhan ekonomi Aceh dan mengentaskan kemiskinan yang ada. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menganalisis pengaruh jangka pendek dan panjang dari dana desa terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi di kabupaten/kota di Provinsi Aceh serta menganalisis konvergensinya. Metode yang digunakan adalah regresi panel dinamis dan analisis Barro Sala-i-martin. Hasil analisis regresi menunjukkan bahwa dana desa memiliki pengaruh positif baik jangka pendek dan jangka panjang terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi. Analisis konvergensi menunjukkan tidak adanya konvergensi absolut dan kondisional pada kabupaten/kota di Provinsi Aceh sehingga daerah dengan pertumbuhan ekonomi rendah belum mampu mengejar daerah dengan perekonomian yang lebih kaya., The village fund program is a fiscal policy that is managed independently by the village with the aim of improving the quality of life and welfare of the population. Aceh Province is the largest recipient of village funds in Sumatra, yet Aceh Province has the lowest GRDP on the island of Sumatra and the 15th lowest in Indonesia. This could be an indication that the existing fiscal capacity has not been able to increase Aceh's economic growth and alleviate existing poverty. The purpose of this study is to analyze the short and long term effects of village funds on economic growth in districts/cities in Aceh Province and analyze their convergence. The methods used are dynamic panel regression and Barro Sala-i-martin analysis. The results of the regression analysis show that village funds have a positive short- and long-run effect on economic growth. Convergence analysis shows the absence of absolute and conditional convergence in districts/cities in Aceh Province so that regions with low economic growth have not been able to catch up with regions with richer economies.
Keyword: absolute convergence, conditional convergence, dynamic panel regression, economic growth, village fund

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: Characterizations of low alloy steel sae 4422  plated with chromic acid (Cro3)
Abstrak: Characterizations of low alloy steel SAE 4422 plated with chromic acid (CrOrO3) was use Optical Microscopy (OM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), RD),Energy Dispersive Analysis of X-Ray (EDAX), Hardness Test and Roughness Test. Microstructures analysis exhibits cracks and grain boundaries microcracks as a characteristics of chrome metal found at plating metal. Perlite and Ferrite as grains of steel found at base metal with grain boundaries around it. Phase analysis of plating metal appropriate to chrome metal with lattice constant (a) is 2.559 Å and phase analysis of base metal appropriate to iron ferrite with lattice constant (a) is 3.318 Å. Both plating and base metal have cubic system. Chemical analysis of plating metal at surface section exhibits that cracks area have highest value of carbon element compare with grains and grains boundaries area. While chemical analysis of base metal at cross section exhibits that perlite have highest value of carbon element compare with ferrite and grain boundaries. The hardness value of plating metal at surface section and cross section are 753 and 637 VHN. While, the hardness value of base metal and interface area at cross section are 205 and 373 VHN. The roughness value at measurement points of chrome surface for as received sample are 0.445 μm. Observation used Optical Microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy exhibits surface irregularities combine to form surface texture of plating metal at surface section.
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