<p><em>Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flow is one of the most important factor in the era of glob­alization. FDI in domestic receives extraordinay attention due to FDI could expand the production and enchance the performance of financial market. In the atmospher of globali­zation, FDI is one of the tools for developing countries to increase their economy. This re­search aims to analyze the factors the influence FDI capital inflow into ASEAN countries, i.e. Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, and Vietnamin 2000-2012. This research is using the methods of analysis panel data to determine the factors that influence the FDI inflows in ASEAN-6. The factors that influence FDI inflows are Gross Domestic Product, Macroeconomics policy index, institutional quality index, and labor force ratio. Based on the analysis panel data result shows that Gross Domestic Product, Macroeco­nomics policy index, institutional quality index have positive and significant impacts to FDI in ASEAN-6.</em></p>

This study was conducted to analyze the effect of central government transfers on regional taxation efforts covering districts/cities in Indonesia in the 2015-2019 range after the enactment of Law Number 28 of 2009 concerning Regional Taxes and Regional Levie/ Pajak Daerah dan Retribusi Daerah (UU PDRD). This study uses a quantitative analysis approach, with an econometric model of panel data regression (unbalanced panel. The data used is in a span of 5 years, starting from 2015 to 2019 in regencies/cities in Indonesia except for cities in DKI Jakarta Province. The dependent variable used is Tax Effort is used, while the variables used in this study include General Allocation Fund/ Dana Alokasi Umum (DAU), Special Allocation Fund/ Dana Alokasi Khusus (DAK), Revenue Sharing Fund/ Dana Bagi Hasil (DBH), Population, Poor Population, and Administrative Status. Based on the results of panel data processing using regression analysis techniques, it shows that the central government transfer funds allocated to the regions through the General Allocation Fund (DAU) and the Special Allocation Fund (DAK) have a negative effect on tax effort, while the Revenue Sharing Fund (DBH) has a negative effect on tax effort. positive on regional tax effort. In addition, the results of the study also showed that the population had a negative effect on the tax effort, the number of poor people had a positive effect on the tax effort and administrative status which indicated whether the area was included in the status of a city or district area did not affect the regional tax effort. With the research results obtained, it can provide an overview of the behavior of local governments in responding to the mechanism of fiscal decentralization, especially with the many types and amounts of transfer funds to the regions, coupled with the transfer of authority to manage Rural and Urban Land and Building Taxes/ Pajak Bumi dan Bangunan Perdesaan dan Perkotaan (PBB P2) and Land Rights Acquisition Fees and Buildings/ Bea Perolehan Hak Atas Tanah dan Bangunan (BPHTB) become part of the district/city local government.

Sampah rumah tangga merupakan salah satu sumber yang mendatangkan manfaat ekonomi bagi rumah tangga. Namun hal tersebut terkendala oleh kurangnya pengetahuan dan keterbatasan wawasan tentang nilai ekonomi sampah rumah tangga dan cara pemanfaatannya. Kondisi ini dialami oleh masyarakat Kelurahan Duri Selatan, Jakata Barat dan Komunitas Belajar Bahasa Bersama sebagai mitra kegiatan. Oleh karena itu, kegiatan ini bertujuan untuk memberikan tambahan pengetahuan dan wawasan tentang nilai ekonomi sampah rumah tangga. Metode yang digunakan pada kegiatan ini adalah presentasi dan diskusi tanya jawab secara luring. Kegiatan berlangsung pada Sabtu, 30 Januari 2021 di Aula Kelurahan Duri Selatan dengan temuan yang menunjukkan hasil bahwa 61,5% peserta dari 52 orang mengetahui bahwa sampah terbanyak yang dapat dimanfaatkan adalah sampah plastik beserta cara pengolahannya setelah mengikuti penyuluhan. Dengan demikian perlunya kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat lanjutan berupa pelatihan produksi membuat produk daur ulang agar manfaat ekonominya dapat dinikmati oleh masyarakat sekitar.

<p><em>This study aims to analyse the distribution of Islamic banks and the distribution of conventional bank funds to the gross domestic product in Indonesia. The analysis was carried out using data scanned by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) and Bank Indonesia for 2004: 01-2014: 04 period. The analysis technique used in this study was Multiple Linear Regression using the OLS (Ordinary Least Square) method. The results showed that the distribution of Islamic banks had a positive and not significant effect on the growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), while the distribution of funds from conventional banks and Islamic banks was significant towards Gross Domestic Product.</em></p>

Social assistance is one of government’s strategies in alleviating poverty and reducing inequality. BIA is a method conducted on social assistance distribution, such as food assistance program (Prosperous Rice/Beras Sejahtera/Rastra and Non Cash Food Assistance/Bantuan Pangan Non Tunai/BPNT), Smart Indonesia Program (Program Indonesia Pintar/PIP), and Family Hope Program (Program Keluarga Harapan/PKH) to find out its impact on poverty and inequality. This study uses Indonesia’s National Economic and Social Survey at household level (Susenas) released by the Central Agency on Statistics (BPS) on March 2018 and calculated using the BIA method. The results of this study indicate that social assistance in Indonesia had impacts on alleviating poverty and reducing inequality. In addition, social assistance in Indonesia is absolute progressive in characteristic. Therefore, social assistance programs need to be continued. However, further improvements are needed to improve accuracy of social assistance recipients.