This study aims to measure technical efficiency and identify factors that affect technical inefficiency of Islamic rural banks (BPRS) in East Java Province, Indonesia. We also want to test whether BPRS operating in districts are more efficient than those operating in cities. Data that we use are unbalanced panel data from 2011 until 2016 using stochastic frontier analysis. This study has successfully identified that the technical efficiency of BPRS operation is 90.12 percent. It means that there is still about 9.88 percent that can be optimized to improve their performance. Factors that cause technical inefficiency are Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) and Net Performing Financing (NPF). To improve technical efficiency of BPRS operations, the effort that must be made is to ensure each BPRS has sufficient capital stock to be channeled into loans. In addition, BPRS should also ensure the risks of bad loans are minimum.

The management of coastal areas in Indonesia has now been decentralized. This study tries to analyze qualitatively how the coastal area management has been done in Tangerang District, more precisely in Kohod Village, Pakuhaji Sub-District. Kohod Village became one of the three pilot projects village of Kampung Sejahtera conducted by Organisasi Aksi Solidaritas Era Kabinet Kerja (OASE Kabinet Kerja). Despite the considerable potential of coconut and laksa noodle development, but poverty, unemployment and slums are still the major problem in Kohod Village. Therefore, the development of coastal areas in this village can't be left entirely to the local community. It takes the role of the government and private sector to support the development acceleration in this village. Thus, the development of coastal areas in Kohod Village should be done using collaborative approach. ABSTRAKPengelolaan wilayah pesisir di Indonesia saat ini sudah dilakukan secara desentralistik. Tulisan ini mencoba menganalisis secara kualitatif bagaimana pengelolaan wilayah pesisir yang selama ini dilakukan di Kabupaten Tangerang, lebih tepatnya di Desa Kohod, Kecamatan Pakuhaji. Desa Kohod menjadi salah satu dari tiga desa pilot project program Kampung Sejahtera yang dilakukan oleh Organisasi Aksi Solidaritas Era Kabinet Kerja (OASE Kabinet Kerja). Meskipun memiliki potensi kelapa dan pengembangan mie laksa yang cukup besar, tetapi kemiskinan, pengangguran, dan lingkungan yang kumuh masih menjadi permasalahan utama di Desa Kohod. Oleh karena itu, pengembangan wilayah pesisir di desa ini tidak dapat diserahkan sepenuhnya kepada masyarakat setempat. Dibutuhkan peran pemerintah dan swasta untuk mendukung percepatan pembangunan di sana. Dengan demikian, pengembangan wilayah pesisir di Desa Kohod harus dilakukan dengan menggunakan pendekatan kolaboratif.

SPAM Regional Kartamantul is one of the steps of Special Region of Yogyakarta Government to realize the RPJMN 2015-2019 in the provision of drinking water for 100 percent of the population in 2019. Because Sleman District is one of the areas included in SPAM Regional Kartamantul, this study seeks to identify the readiness of 4 SPAMDes in this district to welcome SPAM Regional Kartamantul. The results of this study are expected to be descriptive assessment of the readiness of those Regional SPAM. This study identified that some SPAMDes are still not ready to be integrated with SPAM Regional Kartamantul. In the future, the ready SPAMDes should be directed to cooperate with or be formed into BUMDes. In adittion, clear tariff arrangements are required for entrepreneurs of fishing ponds, laundry or car washers, whether they are subject to progressive rates or are not allowed to become SPAMDes customers. Nevertheless, there are still a subjective element of the Chairman of PERPAMDES Association that determines the successful and unsuccessful SPAMDes. Therefore, we suggest that in the next study the standard indicators needs to be identified so that the subjective element can be reduced. ABSTRAK SPAM Regional Kartamantul adalah salah satu langkah Pemerintah Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta untuk mewujudkan amanat RPJMN 2015-2019 dalam penyediaan air minum bagi 100 persen penduduk pada tahun 2019. Karena Kabupaten Sleman adalah salah satu daerah yang masuk dalam SPAM Regional Kartamantul, maka studi ini berupaya mengidentifikasi kesiapan pada 4 SPAMDes di Kabupaten Sleman untuk menyongsong SPAM Regional Kartamantul. Hasil dari studi ini diharapkan menjadi penilaian deskriptif dari kesiapan SPAM Regional tersebut. Studi ini berhasil mengidentifikasi bahwa beberapa SPAMDes masih belum siap untuk diintegrasikan dengan SPAM Regional Kartamantul. Ke depan, SPAMDes yang sudah siap sebaiknya diarahkan untuk bekerjasama dengan atau dibentuk menjadi BUMDes. Selain itu, dibutuhkan pengaturan tarif yang jelas bagi pengusaha kolam pemancingan, laundry dan cuci mobil, apakah dikenakan tarif yang progresif atau tidak dibolehkan sekalian menjadi pelanggan SPAMDes. Namun demikian, studi ini masih ada unsur subjektif dari Ketua Paguyuban PERPAMDES yang menentukan SPAMDes sukses dan kurang sukses. Oleh karenanya, peneliti menyarankan agar pada studi berikutnya terkait penilaian kesiapan SPAM Regional Kartamantul perlu diidentifikasi indikator baku agar unsur subjektif bisa dikurangi.

The FIT policy are widely adopted in the world to promote the utilization of renewable energy technology (RET). Tariff rates, tariff regression mechanisms, contract term, and quota constraints are all components of the FIT policy. This policy has also been adopted by Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN countries to optimize their renewable energy (RE) potential. This paper examines the utilization of RET in power generation under the FIT policy from the perspective of the growth of renewable energy, environment, and investment which applied in five major ASEAN countries in term of the biggest generation capacity, such as: Indonesia Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. This study shows that the FIT has been successful in accelerating renewable energy growth compared to pre-FIT, where annual RE capacity growth was 7.52% in Thailand (2007-2021), 16.38% in Vietnam (2011-2021), 4.56% in Indonesia (2012-2021) 2021), 9.11% in Malaysia (2012-2021), and 5.21% in the Philippines (2012-2021). FIT also managed to keep CO2/kWh emissions production stable in Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand while increasing RE production in their power systems. Otherwise, due to the low utilization of RET in Indonesia and the Philippines, CO2 emissions in them has increased significantly, 6.67% per year at Indonesia, and 15.25% per year at the Philippines after the introduction of the FIT. Generally, FIT has succeeded in increasing the value of international funding investments in RE sector in Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines

Beras untuk Keluarga Miskin (RASKIN) program has been applied since 1998 and has been renamed as Beras Sejahtera (RASTRA) in early 2017, but their effectiveness is still debatable. This study tries to evaluate the impact of RASKIN program on household income. Using data from 3,745 households in Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) 5 that has been estimated using propensity score matching, this study has identified precisely that RASKIN program has a negative and significant effect on household income. This happens because the benefits that reveived by Rumah Tangga Sasaran (RTS) are very small. The small benefit is affected by the amount of rice received, frequency and price that have been paid to get RASKIN is not in accordance with the guidelines. The result of this study is along with previous studies, where the amount and price of rice that distributed through RASKIN program is not exactly correct. Therefore, there must be a change in program format, not just renaming from RASKIN to RASTRA only.