scholarly journals THE GARUT GATE: COVID-19 PANDEMIC, SOCIAL AID TURMOIL, AND GOVERNMENT WARFARE

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Putri Thalitha Wasantari ◽  
Resi Ariyasa Qadri
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Data Center ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Data Collection Process ◽  
The Media ◽  
District Administration ◽  
Distribution Problems

This research purposes to examine the cause of the delay and the reason of the inequality in allocating the direct cash aid (BLT) in Garut District, Indonesia. This study also focuses attention to seek the solution towards the BLT problems by benchmarking to other local governments. The qualitative research strategy was employed to fulfill the objectives adhering to the paradigm of interpretivism. Research data were collected through literature review and unstructured interviews. The source triangulation procedures were applied by matching the interviews results with secondary data from the media. The results showed that the BLT distribution problems in Garut District were effectuated by inaccurate and dynamic data. The main problem of the Garut BLT was that there was no macro policy regarding the distribution of social assistance and integrated applications that can help the data collection process. By benchmarking to Sumedang District administration, we can postulate the solving against the Garut BLT problem, which is making macro policies regarding the distribution of social assistance as well as integrated data center applications. This study discusses the mechanisms and constraints of one type of social assistance, namely the BLT in the Garut District. The research also sheds a light on the conundrum of the BLT distribution in local government. This article could be an input and suggestion for the local government in implementing the distribution of direct money aid in the context of handling COVID-19 outbreak.

scholarly journals Determining of The Compliance of Local Governments To Implement The Accounting System of The Government’s Accrual Base In Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 177-190
Author(s):  
Agung Nur Probohudono ◽  
Wahyu Widayat ◽  
Siti Arifah
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Accounting System ◽  
Government Accounting ◽  
Financial Audit ◽  
The Republic

This study refers to the influence of the age of local government, status, number of Regional Device Task Force (SKPD), financial autonomy ratios, effectiveness ratios, local income growth ratios, and the quality of local financial reports that exist in local governments as an independent variable on the compliance of local governments to implement government accounting systems as the dependent variable. Using quantitative methods with secondary data obtained from information on the publication of the Indonesian Financial Audit Agency, the Central Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Indonesia (BPS), and local government reports. The sample used is limited to the municipal and district governments in western Indonesia, which are being evaluated by the Indonesian Financial Audit Agency in the implementation of an accrual base government accounting system of 158 local governments namely 36 cities and 122 districts. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis. The research is a causality, quantitative research model, and secondary data from local governments throughout Indonesia and secondary data about the compliance of local governments in the application of Government Accounting Standards (SAP) published by the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BPK). The results of the hypothesis analysis conclude that the status of local government, the ratio of regional government autonomy, and the growth of local revenue significantly influence the compliance of local governments in the implementation of the accrual base government accounting system.

scholarly journals World local government control and reference value for Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 29-33
Author(s):  
Dang Phuc Vu ◽  
◽  
Thi Thanh Nga Nguyen ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Reference Value ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Local Power ◽  
Government Control ◽  
The People ◽  
The Media ◽  
And Control

Control of local governments in countries around the world is very diverse,but mainly divided into two categories: 1) control of state agencies (central government control, court control, control of local power representations); 2) control of social institutions including political party control over local government, control of organizations and public associations, control of the media, and control of the people. The paper focuses on analysing the controlling local governments in some countries, thereby giving reference values for Vietnam.

Performance Evaluation of Local Body of Pokhara Metropolitan City

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Girdhari Dahal
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Metropolitan City ◽  
Generating Capacity

Local governments are the closest unit of government to the people at grass root levels. The principal objective of this paper is to evaluate the performance of the local government of Pokhara Metropolitan City that lies in Kaski district, Nepal. This paper describes and analyzes the performance of the newly formed local government. It is based on the source of primary data from fieldwork with ground theory and secondary data- journal articles, books, Constitution of Nepal, 2015, act, rule, and regulations. The election of local government was held in Nepal in 2017, after 20 years. It is expected to bring political stability as well as peace and prosperity in Nepal. Nepal has been restructured as a federal democratic republic nation with federal, provinces and local government units- for sharing of power among the three tiers of government. Following the local elections, Pokhara Metropolitan City has already ratified more than six dozen laws (rules and regulations) for effective day to day service delivery to the local people. With grievances and grudges, the Nepalese people are experiencing the governance system of local bodies but the notion of people’s participation is more rhetoric. Also, financial capacity-both expenditure capacity and revenue generating capacity has severely limited the operational efficiency of local government. Moreover, transparency in public affairs has not been fully achieved yet.

Performance reporting delay in local government: a global south view

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Wharton Kaye-Essien
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Global South ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Performance Reporting ◽  
Reporting Delays ◽  
Reporting Delay

PurposeThe object of this paper is to understand how central–local relations and internal technical characteristics contribute to performance reporting delays at the local level in a Global South context.Design/methodology/approachThe paper develops and tests four propositions using a combination of secondary data analyses and semistructured interviews with 30 local government officials.FindingsThe findings indicate that delays in performance reporting are generally high in pre-election years because leadership commitments at the local level largely shift toward national politics (campaigning for re-election of the president). Additional reporting delays were found to be the result of low financial capacity to maintain appropriate data collection and management systems, lack of highly trained monitoring and evaluation experts at the local level and lack of sanctions for noncompliance.Research limitations/implicationsThe fact that some types of Districts (large municipalities and metro areas with access to large financial resources) were excluded from the analysis induces some bias to the findings. The choice of 30 out of a total 260 local governments limits the analyses to only 12% of views and perceptions of local government reporting delay. Additionally sourcing responses from a few monitoring and evaluation (M&E) personnel out of hundreds of mid- to upper-level employees limited the breath of discussions that could have resulted from a broader study.Practical implicationsThe results of this paper suggest that any attempt at imposing sanctions on late reporting may not be very successful since national party politics, which lie outside the control of municipalities, is one of the main factors that drive reporting delay. Rather than imposing sanctions, government should consider incentivizing the reporting process. On the other hand, since internally generated funds (IGF) and the M&E team are factors that lie within the control of the municipality, any attempt to decrease reporting delay should first focus on improving local revenues and strengthening municipal M&E capacity building.Originality/valueThis paper adds to the existing literature by offering directions for approaching performance reporting delay in two ways. First, it emphasizes central–local relations as an important political determinant of performance reporting delay. Second, it explores reporting delay in Ghana's local governments and therefore provides useful insights from a Global South perspective.

scholarly journals 7.1. METHODICAL ASPECTS OF EVALUATING THE INFORMATION OPENNESS OF A LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT BODY

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
А.Г. Атаева ◽  
А.В. Дунаева
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Russian Regions ◽  
Organization Of Work ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Body ◽  
Comprehensive Indicator

В статье анализируется опыт регионов Российской Федерации по оценке информационной открытости органов государственной власти и органов местного самоуправления. Предлагается комплексный показатель информационной открытости органа местного самоуправления, который включает в себя сводные показатели работы органа власти с населением, качества и посещаемости официального сайта, активности работы органа власти в социальных сетях, качества организации работы со средствами массовой информации, удовлетворенности населения информационной открытостью. The article analyzes the experience of Russian regions in assessing the informational openness of state authorities and local governments. A comprehensive indicator of the information openness of the local government is proposed, which includes summary indicators of the work of the government with the population, the quality and attendance of the official website, the activity of the government on social networks, the quality of the organization of work with the media, and public satisfaction with information openness.

scholarly journals Pro Disability Policy in Local Governments: Lessons from the Central Lampung Regency

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (01) ◽  
pp. 161-177
Author(s):  
Simon Hutagalung
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
The Government

All local governments have the same responsibility and obligation in positioning themselves as institution that are friendly to persons with disabilities, including Central Lampung Regency in Lampung Province. There are two important questions from the research which is the basis of this study; (1). What are the efforts made by the Central Lampung Regency government towards groups with disabilities? (2). What are the problems that occur in the management of disability groups in Central Lampung Regency?. The type of this research is descriptive with a qualitative approach. The data used by researchers in this study are sourced from primary and secondary data. In this study, primary data obtained through interview techniques was carried out by giving several questions related to the problem issues in research to the informants who had been determined. Informants in this study was collected with a purposive sampling technique. The key informants in this study were 9 heads of local government organizations, 10 representatives of community organizations, and 5 members of the regional parliament. All of them play a role in data collection activities which include focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation. Meanwhile, data analysis was carried out using interactive data analysis techniques. In the last three years, the number of people with disabilities in Central Lampung has increased. However, the increase in the number of people with disabilities in Central Lampung is due to the expansion of the meaning and scope of disabilities in Indonesia regulation. It is known that several actions at the level of local government organizations in facilitating groups with disabilities can be designed in a more focused manner in the design of programs and policies covering the government, population and civil registration, social, health, education, employment, and transportation, and public infrastructure sectors.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Karakteristik Pemerintah Daerah Terhadap Kinerja Keuangan Pemerintah Daerah Kabupaten & Kota Di Jawa Timur

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Tatas Ridho Nugroho
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Regional Autonomy ◽  
Local Expenditure

Performance measurement is one way that local governments can use to achieve good governance. Local government performance measurement (Pemda) includes measurement of financial and non financial performance. Analysis of local government financial performance is essentially not only a form of control, but also helps all users of local government financial reports including communities to be able to evaluate the performance of local governments. The performance of local government can be used to look at regional capability in running regional autonomy. This study aims to examine the effect of local government characteristics on the financial performance of local governments. The characteristics of local government are represented by size, intergovernmental revenue, and regional expenditure. This study examines the financial statements of local governments by taking a sample of 30 districts / cities in East Java. The data used in this research is secondary data. The analytical tool used in this study is multiple regression. From the analysis result, it can be concluded that partially size of local government size does not have an effect on to local government financial performance, intergovernmental revenue has significant effect to financial performance of local government and regional expenditure has no effect on local government financial performance. Simultaneously size, intergovernmental revenue, and local expenditure have an effect on to local government financial performance

scholarly journals STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-35
Author(s):  
Salami Issa AFEGBUA, ◽  
Kehinde Ohiole OSAKEDE, ◽  
Barry Barisu NKOMAH
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Government Administration ◽  
Political Interference ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Secondary Data Sources ◽  
Government Development

This paper examined the structural challenges and local government development in Nigeria. Local governments system in Nigeria, has taken different forms from one period to the other. There were series of reforms in the Nigerian local government system aimed at addressing the structural deficiency inherent in the third tier of government in Nigerian federation. Suffice it to say that, the development of local government in Nigeria is almost becoming an illusion as local governments faced with multifarious structural challenges which serve as impediments to its development. The study that relied on secondary data sources through a comprehensive review of relevant literature on the subject of discussion. The paper identified constitutional crises, undue political interference amongst others as major constraints to local government development in Nigeria. The paper submits that there is need to restructure the present local government system in Nigeria by going back to multi-tier local government in the 1950’s. Areas of contribution to its development were also identified and conclude that the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria should be amended to enable State Governments and the various State Houses of Assembly loosen their firm grip on the local governments in order to allow the local government authorities take initiative that will enhance its growth and development.

scholarly journals Correlation between Local Eid-al-Fitr Homecoming (Mudik) with Coronavirus Disease-19 during Ramadhan Season Amidst Large-scale Social Distancing in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (T1) ◽  
pp. 570-573
Author(s):  
Meita Veruswati ◽  
Al Asyary ◽  
Rony Darmawansyah Alnur ◽  
Guspianto Guspianto
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Transmission Peak ◽  
Surveillance Data ◽  
Ministry Of Health ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
The Difference

BACKGROUND: In anticipation of coronavirus disease (COVID)-19’s transmission peak, Eid-al-Fitr homecoming (mudik) has officially been banned by the Indonesian government interlocal but not local in welcoming this religious Muslim celebration. This local Mudik is held by traveling among regional provinces and is still allowed by each local government, including Java, which has the highest transmission of COVID-19 in Indonesia. AIM: This study aims to present the difference between COVID-19 status before and during local Mudik on Java during Ramadhan with the implementation of large-sale social distancing applied in Jakarta, Indonesia. METHODS: This research was employed by secondary data analysis that was obtained from surveillance data from related authorities, including the Ministry of Health and all local governments of Java, which consisted of four provinces and Jakarta. Incidence and suspect statuses of COVID-19, which were examined in the study, were presented in daily rates with before and during local Mudik in four provinces: Jawa Barat, Yogyakarta, Banten, and Jawa Tengah. RESULTS: The number of positive confirmed patients differed significantly with before and during local Mudik (p < 0.05; mean difference = −/negative values). CONCLUSION: This study’s findings showed that the local Mudik increased the number of COVID-19 cases in four provinces in Java, which these provinces were designated as Mudik destinations by travelers coming from Jakarta during the end of Ramadhan season.

scholarly journals Social Service Delivery in Southwestern Nigeria: Local Governments Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 294
Author(s):  
Odewale, Ayotunde David ◽  
Badejo, B. T
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
State Government ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Southwestern Nigeria ◽  
Social Service Delivery ◽  
The Impact

This paper assesses the impact of local government on social service delivery in south-western Nigeria in tandem with their full constitutional responsibility particularly on primary education and road constructions. The related concepts were review. The study utilized both primary and secondary data. Primary data were collected through questionnaire administration and in-depth interviews. The study revealed that local government has a significant impact on social service delivery in Southwestern Nigeria (r = 0.438, p < 0.05). The paper highlighted some recommendations and concluded that local government had performed considerably well in delivery of social service to the populace in their concurrent responsibility with the state government, but relatively low in their mandatory functions.

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