Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) believed to be one of the instruments to reduce gap between the rich and the poor countries has considered Asian countries destination, including ASEAN Region. The aim of this study was to analyze factors affecting FDI in ASEAN countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam) during 2007-2016. The method used to analyze the data was multiple linear regression. The results indicated that market size, government integrity, and infrastructure quality positively affected FDI; wages and exchange rates negatively affected FDI; while, economic crisis had negative effect only in Malaysia. Meanwhile, economic openness, tax rate, and interest rate did not affect FDI inflow in ASEAN countries.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of several macroeconomic variables consisting of gross domestic products (GDP) per capita, economic openness, government effectiveness index, inflation, and the level of education on the corruption index in G20 member countries. This study focused on the effect of education on the level of corruption in the G20 member countries by treating other macroeconomic variables as control variables that were not analyzed in depth. This research used mixed methods with multiple regression with two stage least square (2SLS) estimation method followed by phenomenological analysis. This study found that primary education enrolment and the lifelong learning index did not significantly influence the level of corruption for all G20 member countries, developed member countries, and developing member countries. Secondary education enrolment showed a negative and significant influence on the level of corruption in all categories of countries (all members, developing, and developed countries). Tertiary education enrolment had a negative and significant influence on the level of corruption in all members and developing countries, but had a positive influence in the developed countries. GDP per capita had a contrasting influence: negative and significant influence in the developed countries, but positive and significant influence in the developing countries. Similar to secondary education, the government effectiveness index had a negative and significant influence in all categories of countries (all members, developing, and developed countries). In contrast, inflation and economic openness had a positive and significant influence on the level of corruption, but only in developing countries. The policy implication of this study is the prioritization of secondary education to tackle corruption problems.

The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze the effect of the level of bank health ratios measured by BOPO, FDR and NPF on increasing the profitability of the Sharia Commercial Bank industry in Indonesia, which is proxied by ROA. The data used in this study are secondary data including operational efficiency (BOPO), liquidity (FDR), Non Performing Finance (NPF) and Return On Assets (ROA) in the sharia commercial bank industry registered at Bank Indonesia. The data is a monthly time series data from 2015-2018 obtained through the official sharia banking statistics website, Financial Services Authority (https://www.ojk.go.id). To analyze it, researchers used a multiple linear regression model with statistical tool software EViews 9. From the observations and analysis of the data that has been done, the conclusions in this study are the BOPO, FDR and NPF on ROA which is an indicator of the Bank's health to measure profitability has a high relationship . The BOPO variable partially has a significant negative effect on profitability (ROA). FDR partially has a negative and significant effect on ROA. NPF partially has no positive effect on profitability.

The development of an economy is oriented towards not only growth but also equality. Furthermore, economic interaction across regions has to be captured in a development analysis to avoid the possibility of biased results. This study analyzes Central Java, Indonesia's economic development, by considering spatial interactions across regencies. The Spatial Durbin Model (SDM) is used for the analysis. The results show significant spatial interaction across regencies/cities in Central Java in the spatial model and economic convergence that occurs faster than in the non-spatial model. Then, the mismatch between the curriculum of education and industry needs is a presumption illustrated in the insignificant relationship of human capital to income. And an anomaly occurs where physical capital has a negative impact on income.

Abrasion causes coastal areas to have a very high level of dynamics and often has an impact on environmental damage, so it needs to be anticipated. In the last 2 years, the whole world has faced a crisis caused by the pandemic due to Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19). During the pandemic, the environment where coastal communities live is still threatened with abrasion. Some mangrove planting and rehabilitation activities had to be stopped to suppress the spread of the virus. The purpose of this study was to identify the role of community groups (Tourism Awareness Group) as a key factor in overcoming abrasion events during the Covid-19 pandemic at Bungin Beach. Interviews and direct observations were conducted to obtain survey data. Additional analyzes were then carried out through relevant journals and literature reviews. As a result, from 1997 to 2021 there has been abrasion on Bungin beach. The Tourism Awareness Group plays a role in post-pandemic recovery, especially in the economic sector. Through mangrove planting activities, not only to restore the economy of coastal communities during the pandemic but also to protect coastal ecosystems from the threat of abrasion on Bungin Beach.