Research Paper
Year: 2020 | Month: June | Volume: 7 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 497-511
Analysis of Poverty Development Post Fiscal Decentralization Policy in Aceh Province
Teuku Muhammad Iqbal Chaira1, Sya’ad Afifuddin2, Prawidya Hariani R.S3
1Posgraduate Students, Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Economics, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
2,3Postgraduate Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Economics, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Teuku Muhammad Iqbal Chaira
ABSTRACT
Aceh is a province in Indonesia which is located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra and is the westernmost province in Indonesia. There is one problem that is never resolved properly, namely poverty. Where the level of poverty in Aceh is very high, especially after the tsunami in 2004 which destroyed almost 80% of the capital of Aceh Province with many economic systems operating there. Aceh Province is one of the provinces that has a poverty rate higher than the national poverty level. This research is a mini quantitative research, which aims to estimate and analyze the relationship between variables that have been determined to answer the problem formulation. The data presented is panel data wherein the study uses cross section data, the data studied are more than one; and time series, the time collected in different years simultaneously. The data that will be examined are Regencies / Cities in Aceh Province and the time of research collected is 2015 to 2018 published by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia (KEMENKEU RI) and the Central Statistics Agency (BPS). The variables to be observed are the variables that will be influenced by poverty and special autonomy funds.
Keywords: Poverty Rate, General Allocation Fund, Special Allocation Fund, Village Fund, Revenue Sharing Fund, Gross Regional Domestic Product.
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