scholarly journals Is Village-Level Microfinance Beneficial at the Community, Enterprise and Household Levels? A Case Study from Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 1508-1524
Author(s):  
Ahmad Rifai ◽  
Koi-Nyen Wong ◽  
Soo-Khoon Goh
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Rural Poor ◽  
Limited Evidence ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Village Level ◽  
The Village ◽  
Different Levels

The local governments of the Riau Province of Indonesia had been given the mandate to use UED-SP as a microfinance programme to serve the financial needs of the rural poor, to promote rural economic activities and to create employment opportunities. Despite the village-level microfinance programme was able to accomplish rural outreach with financial sustainability (Rifai et al., 2019), there is limited evidence to validate its real impact on the rural MFI participants at three different levels of village development. The findings reveal that microloans appear to have positive impacts on the microfinance participants at the community level, at the level of micro-enterprise and at the household level. The rural MFIs should be targeting this village segment of the rural poor, while the local governments should provide the support to warrant deeper outreach.

scholarly journals Rackets and the Markets of Violence: A Case Study of Altavista, Medellín, Colombia

2020 ◽  
pp. 0094582X2097501
Author(s):  
Mary Luz Alzate-Zuluaga ◽  
Williams Gilberto Jiménez-García
Keyword(s):  
Structural Violence ◽  
Economic Globalization ◽  
Window Of Opportunity ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Social State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Village

An analysis of violence using data from 2018 to 2019 in the village of Altavista in Medellín, Colombia, concludes that economic globalization and a crisis of the social state have led to an increase in inequality and structural violence. This phenomenon, culturally reinforced by the acceptance and normalization of these events, constitutes a window of opportunity for the entrenchment of violent entrepreneurship using extortive economic activities to accumulate capital, resulting in increased precarity for the inhabitants of the village. Un análisis de la violencia en la aldea de Altavista en Medellín, Colombia, utilizando los datos de 2018 a 2019 concluye que la globalización económica y una crisis del estado social han dado lugar a un aumento en la desigualdad y la violencia estructural. Este fenómeno, culturalmente reforzado por la aceptación y normalización de dichos acontecimientos, constituye una ventana de oportunidad para el afianzamiento de una violenta cultura económica basada en la acumulación de capital a partir de la extorsión, lo cual exacerba la presencia de la precariedad en las vidas de los habitantes del pueblo.

scholarly journals Tantangan Pemerintah Daerah dalam Penyusunan Peraturan Daerah Desa Adat: Upaya dalam Penetapan Desa Adat di Indragiri Hulu, Riau

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-58
Author(s):  
Adli Hirzan ◽  
Mimi Hanida Abdul Mutalib
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Short Period ◽  
District Government ◽  
The Village

The objective of this article is to explain the challenges that occur in establishing customary villages. This research uses a qualitative approach with a case study design. This study uses thematic analysis, which aims to identify patterns and determine themes. Data collected using interviews and documentation. The results of the study found that there were four challenges in making regional regulations for the establishment of customary villages: first, the drafting period for the determination of customary villages was carried out in a short period. Second, not prioritizing socialization. Third, local wisdom is considered less critical for the sub-district government. Fourth, there is no follow-up from the local government to establish local regulations. The results of this study have implications for the miscommunication of local governments in understanding the village law no. 6/2014. As a result, local governments have not fully rearticulated the village law regarding the establishment of customary villages.

scholarly journals BIROKRASI DAN POLITIK: NETRALITAS PERANGKAT DESA DALAM PEMILIHAN KEPALA DESA SITIMERTO KECAMATAN PAGU KABUPATEN KEDIRI TAHUN 2016

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Endik Hidayat Miskan
Keyword(s):  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Village Community ◽  
Village Level ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Democratic Life ◽  
The Village ◽  
Selection Of

Increased political participation of the village community after the reformation, marked by increasing interest in the community to run for village head elections and village decision-making. Increasing village community participation certainly has hope that the neutrality of bureaucracy is maintained at the village level. So that the climate of political contestation at the village level runs ideally in accordance with the values of democratic life. The purpose of this research is to find out the role of bureaucracy politicization in winning candidate village head Aditya Dimas in Pilkades simultaneously December 26, 2016. Then, knowing the factors that cause political behavior are not neutral village officials and forms of violations in contestation Pilkades Sitimerto December 26 2016. This research using qualitative research methods with a case study approach. The selection of qualitative methods with a case study approach was carried out because there were distinctive characteristics in the election of the head of the Sitimerto village in Kediri Regency. The results of this study show, firstly, that the practice of neutrality in village bureaucracy in the Sitimerto village case is not proven, that the village apparatus is not neutral in the village head election. Second, the factors that motivate village officials to be non-neutral in the case of the Sitimerto village head election are the widespread use of money politics as an attraction for material benefits to the village apparatus and political dinasty of incumbent. Third, a number of forms of violations of neutrality that occurred in the case of the election of the Sitimerto village head were proven that the village officials acted as cadres of the incumbent candidates and participated in distributing money politics to the villagers. Keywords: Kekuasaan, Demokrasi,Netralitas Birokrasi, dan Pilkades

scholarly journals Dominasi Kuasa pada Pemilihan Kepala Desa Serentak di Kabupaten Halmahera Selatan Provinsi Maluku Utara

ARISTO ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 204
Author(s):  
Marno Wance ◽  
Raoda M. Djae
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Study Material ◽  
Village Level ◽  
Political Choices ◽  
The Village

Political power occurring in the village heads elections is a part of political power contestation wave started simultaneously in 2015. South Halmahera Regency is one of the regions participating in this political power contestation. At the contestation process, it is seen that the village residents are divided into some divisions based on their political choices. This situation continues to happen in the simultaneous village head elections in South Halmahera Regency in 2016. It attracts political actors to be involved in intervening power and dominance to win the contestation. Therefore, political power is used to carry out the basis of consolidation for winning the elections. This political power treats long-term power because the greater base of political power at the village level has been formed. The expected benefit of this study is to expand our horizon on political power issues, particularly in the village head elections context. Practically, this study can contribute to study material from various interested parties to analyze electoral conflicts that occur at the lowest level such as at Babang Village and Marabose Village. Besides that, the study also sees the involvement of regional actors and local governments in intervening to dominate power using the authority they have.

scholarly journals Municipal finance analysis: The case study of Gujarat (India)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-87
Author(s):  
Forum Dave
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Fiscal Federalism ◽  
Constitutional Amendment ◽  
Municipal Finance ◽  
Financial Health ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Governance System

This paper theoretically underpins the idea of greater involvement of local governments in the overall development of India explained through the theory of Fiscal Federalism. The theory outlines the dynamics of decentralization of power and functions through a multi-layered governance system leading to a new structure and added functions, finance, and accountability to local government. The paper also provides an overview of the increasing role of urban local governments in India and investigates whether the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of Gujarat – a state in India, are efficient to perform the functions and responsibilities assigned to them by the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act (CAA). It scrutinizes the financial health of local governments in the urban regions of India. The results based on the application of MANOVA indicate that the 74th CAA empowered ULBs with a strong economic base that these ULBs are capable of mobilizing their own resources. This means that smaller municipalities must develop and convergence must be supported by a proportionate level of grants. This will ensure that with the development of social infrastructure, economic activities will increase, and, as a result, the conversion will occur.

scholarly journals Local Governments in Rural West Bengal, India and their Coordination with Line Departments

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhaskar Chakrabarti ◽  
Raghabendra Chattopadhyay ◽  
Suman Nath
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Constitutional Amendment ◽  
Model Case ◽  
Village Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Body ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Village

In India, the 73rd constitutional amendment of 1992 decentralises agriculture, irrigation, health, education along with 23 other items to the Panchayats, the village level self-government body. It is envisaged that the three-tier Panchayat system at the District, Block and the Village level would coordinate with different ‘line departments’ of the government for planning various schemes and their implementation. In West Bengal, a state in eastern India, where the Panchayats were revitalised before the constitutional amendment, the initial years were marked by strong coordination between the Panchayats and other departments, especially land and agriculture, making West Bengal a ‘model’ case for the Panchayats. However, where service delivery through the Panchayats has been criticised in recent years, the disjuncture between Panchayats and the line departments is a cause for alarm. In this paper, we search for the causes behind the low level of coordination between government departments and the Panchayat at each tier. We analyse the complex process of organisational coordination that characterises decentralisation, and show how decision making in local governments is nested within various levels of hierarchy. The study focuses on the formal structures of coordination and control with regard to decision-making between the Panchayats and the line departments. We show how these processes work out in practice. These involve lack of role definition, problems of accountability, and politics over access to resources and relations of power within, as well as outside, the Panchayat.

Russia on the Way to a Housing Market: A Case Study of St Petersburg

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 975-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Boyce
Keyword(s):  
Housing Market ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Housing Crisis ◽  
Russian Government ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Political Value ◽  
Different Levels

The Russian government has launched a privatization program with the aim of creating a housing market in place of administrative allocation. Very few, including reformers at the top level of government, realize the economic, social, and political value of housing reforms. At this stage, their goals are very narrow: to free the state of its construction and maintenance burden, and to collect revenues from real-estate owners to support the activities of local governments. These reforms yield little, if anything, given cumbersome and contradictory private-ownership laws, power squabbles between interest groups at different levels of the local and federal governments, and resistance at the grass roots. For the above reasons any market-oriented policies although effective in the countries of the ex-socialist block, may be impossible in Russia. Thus, in St Petersburg, the second largest Russian city, a short-lived privatization program collapsed in early 1993. In this urban community, as in a microcosm, the interaction of political, economic, and social factors is reflected, which sheds light upon urban affairs in a broader context of a postsocialist Russia. A number of questions are asked in this paper. What is behind the all-Russian privatization program? What forces are pushing for reforms and who opposes them? Will privatization relieve the housing crisis, and is it a workable alternative to the centrally administered housing-allocation system?

scholarly journals SISTEM PENDUKUNG KEPUTUSAN PENENTUAN PENERIMA BANTUAN BEDAH RUMAH DI DESA SENGANAN

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Wayan Supriana ◽  
IWK. Teja Sukmana
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Village Level ◽  
Surgical Assistance ◽  
Standard Assessment ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
The Village ◽  
Government Level

<p>ABSTRACT<br />This study aims to provide an alternative decision to field surgical aid distribution in the village especially the Village Senganan . Currently the determination of beneficiaries surgical konvensioal still done by the local government assessment team . For the purposes of data collection for the selection of the applicant required an assessment made at the village level before submission to the local government level . Data from the prospective applicant eligibility assessment and then be submitted to the local government level . The basis of this research is the absence of a standard assessment submission acceptance surgical assistance at the village level . Assessment of prospective applicant for submission to the local government level only to the extent of the team estimates only village officials . The results obtained in this research is to get accurate information to log the applicant filing surgical assistance to the level of local governments.<br />Keywords : house surgical assistance , assessment standards , eligibility<br />ABSTRAK<br />Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan alternatif keputusan kepada bidang penyaluran bantuan bedah rumah di tingkat desa khususnya Desa Senganan. Saat ini penentuan penerima bantuan bedah rumah masih dilakukan secara konvensioal berdasarkan penilaian tim pemerintah daerah. Untuk keperluan pendataan kelayakan calon pemohon diperlukan suatu penilaian yang dilakukan di tingkat desa terlebih dahulu sebelum pengajuan ke tingkat pemerintah daerah. Data hasil penilaian kelayakan calon pemohon baru kemudian di ajukan ke tingkat pemerintah daerah. Hal yang mendasari penelitian ini dilakukan adalah belum adanya standar penilaian pengajuan penerimaan bantuan bedah rumah di tingkat desa. Penilaian calon pemohon untuk pengajuan ke tingkat pemerintah daerah hanya sebatas perkiraan saja dari tim aparat desa. Hasil yang diperoleh dalam penelitian ini adalah mendapatkan informasi yang akurat dalam mendata pemohon pengajuan bantuan bedah rumah ketingkat pemerintah daerah.<br />Kata Kunci: bantuan bedah rumah, standar penilaian, kelayakan</p>

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