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: Fiscal Decentralization and Poverty in Border Areas of Indonesia
Abstrak: Kemiskinan masih menjadi permasalahan utama bagi Negara Indonesia terutama di daerah perbatasan. Berdasarkan data kemiskinan daerah perbatasan, tingkat kemiskinan di daerah perbatasan pada 2019 masih tergolong tinggi yaitu sebesar 15.24 persen dari total penduduk daerah perbatasan. Penelitian terdahulu menemukan adanya pengaruh antara desentralisasi fiskal dan pengentasan kemiskinan. Namun demikian, tingkat kemandirian fiskal pada sebagian besar kabupaten/kota di daerah perbatasan tergolong belum mandiri. Studi ini bertujuan untuk mengalisis pengaruh desentralisasi fiskal terhadap tingkat kemiskinan di daerah perbatasan selama 2015 – 2019. Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah analisis deskriptif dan analisis regresi linear berganda data panel. Data yang digunakan adalah data 41 kabupaten/kota di daerah perbatasan selama periode tahun 2015 – 2019. Desentralisasi fiskal dalam penelitian ini diproksikan dengan variabel derajat desentralisasi fiskal. Hasil estimasi data panel menunjukkan bahwa derajat desentralisasi fiskal, rata – rata lama sekolah dan pertumbuhan ekonomi berpengaruh signifikan terhadap penurunan jumlah penduduk miskin sementara jumlah penduduk dan tingkat pengangguran terbuka berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kenaikan tingkat kemiskinan di daerah perbatasan Indonesia., Poverty is a major problem for Indonesia, especially in border areas. Based on data on poverty in the border areas, the poverty rate in the border areas is still high at 15.24 percent of border areas’s total population. Previous research has found the influence between fiscal decentralization and poverty alleviation. Unfortunately, the level of fiscal independence for most districts / cities in border areas is not yet independent. This study aims to analyze the effect of fiscal decentralization on poverty levels in border areas during 2015 – 2019. The analytical method used is descriptive analysis and linear regression analysis of panel data. The data used is data from 41 districts / cities in the border areas during the period 2015 – 2019. Fiscal decentralization in this study is proxied by the variable degree of fiscal decentralization. The results of panel data show that the degree of fiscal decentralization, the average length of schooling and economic growth have a significant effect on reducing the number of poor people in the population and the open unemployment rate has a significant effect on increasing the poverty rate in the border areas of Indonesia.
Keyword: daerah perbatasan, data panel, derajat desentralisasi fiskal, kemiskinan, border areas, panel data, degree of fiscal decentralization, poverty

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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