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An evaluation of village funds spending to promote sustainable communities: The case Cihideung Village, West Java
Iskandar Z.S.a, Aritenang A.F.a
a Urban and Regional Planning Department, Bandung Institute of Technology, Kecamatan Coblong, Kota Bandung, Jawa Barat, Indonesia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.The Indonesian government initiated the Village Funds since 2015. This study looks at the Cihideung village classified under ‘Desa Maju’ based on the Indonesian village typology. The Building Villages Index of Cihideung Village is 0.733, which shows that it has high economic, social, and ecological resilience. Thus, the development impact from the government’s Village Funds program the village is expected to be large. This paper provides a frontier study on the evaluation of the Village Fund’s effectiveness on rural development. In the first two years of Village Fund implementation, the law directs that Village Funds should be prioritized for village development programs and empowering rural communities with the aim to improve the village economy. In the case of Cihideung Village, most of the funds are deployed for road construction. Considering the recent implementation of the law, this study conducted statistics path analysis to evaluate the immediate impact of Village Funds spending on accelerating the village economy. This paper shows that Village Funds has accelerated the economy through harnessing local economic potential, i.e., providing an increase in income and of employment as well as reduced transportation costs. Study found that Village Funds have a positive impact on rural and community development.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Community development,Development impacts,Economic potentials,Rural community,Rural development,Sustainable communities,Transportation cost,Village development[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/447/1/012017[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]