Aid Recipients Research Articles

Effectiveness Analysis of Government Livestock Assistance in Increasing Livestock Population in Humbang Hasundutan Regency, Indonesia

This research employs a qualitative approach to explore in-depth insights into the implementation of the government livestock assistance program in Humbang Hasundutan Regency. Through this approach, data is obtained from field observations, interviews with recipient farmers, and a review of documents related to program implementation. Data analysis involves delineating the program's implementation stages, identifying inhibiting factors, and evaluating the program's impact on livestock populations and the welfare of farming communities. The findings indicate that, despite the well-executed stages of distribution, counseling, mentoring, and monitoring/evaluation, the livestock assistance program has not been effective in increasing the livestock population. Community empowerment, the main goal of the program, is hindered by the lack of skills among selected livestock aid recipients. As a recommendation, the study suggests that local governments conduct more selective verification and selection of prospective aid recipients to make the program more effective and targeted. Aid recipients are also advised to be consistent in livestock maintenance according to the technical guidance of the relevant department and enhance their understanding of proper livestock farming practices. This study contributes to a better understanding of the implementation of livestock assistance programs at the local level and offers guidance for improving policies and the implementation of similar programs in the future.

Suicide Rates and Subgroups With Elevated Suicide Risk Among Patients With Psychiatric Disorders: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Korea.

Despite the distinctly high risk of suicide among patients with psychiatric disorders, little is known regarding the nationwide rates and risk factors for suicide among individual subgroups of patients with psychiatric disorders. This study aimed to assess differences in suicide rates and identify risk factors for suicide across multiple psychiatric diseases using data from a nationally representative cohort in Korea. Six groups of incident patients with psychiatric disorders, namely those with drug use disorder (DUD), alcohol use disorder (AUD), schizophrenia (SCZ), bipolar disorder (BD), depressive disorder (DD), or other affective disorders (OADs), were extracted from the National Health Information Database and followed up. Suicide rates and risk factors were then determined for each disease group. Patients with psychiatric disorders had higher suicide rates than did the general population, with standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) ranging from 2.5 to 16.6. In particular, patients with DUD showed markedly higher suicide rate (584.0 per 100,000 person-years [PYs]; SMR, 16.6) than did patients with affective disorders, including DD (119.8 per 100,000 PYs; SMR, 3.1). AUD, DUD, SCZ, and BD showed lower male/female suicide rate ratios (1.1-1.4) than did depressive and OADs (2.2-2.4). Old age increased the risk for suicide among those with DUD and OADs, while medical aid recipients exhibited the lowest suicide risk among those with the AUD and SCZ. Male sex and the presence of multiple psychiatric comorbidities were consistently identified as suicide risk factors across mental illness subgroups. The current study observed substantial variations in suicide rates and risk factors across psychiatric disorders and patient characteristics, which have significant implications for suicide prevention strategies.

Decision Support System to Determine Feasibility of Rice Aid Recipient Group Based on K-Means

Decision Support System to Determine Feasibility of Rice Aid Recipient Group Based on K-Means

Implementation of Multi-Attribute Utility Theory Method for Selecting Social Assistance Recipients

Amil Zakat Infaq and Shadaqah Muhammadiyah Institution (LazisMu) Ayah is one of the national amil zakat institutions located in Ayah District, Kebumen Regency. Every month, LazisMu Ayah Service Office provides assistance to people in need in the form of house renovation programs, scholarships for high school or college level education, and business capital. The problem that is often encountered in determining potential aid recipients is that the large number of requests for aid is disproportionate to the number of officers processing the screening data. Apart from that, the selection process for aid recipients still uses manual methods, so it often causes problems such as the selection process for selecting aid candidates taking up to a week and miscalculations occurring, resulting in inaccurate results in the selection of potential aid recipients. Therefore, the method used as a solution model in providing decisions on the system for selecting potential aid recipients at LazisMu Ayah is a decision support system using the multi-attribute utility theory (MAUT) method. This method was chosen because it is able to select the best alternative from a number of alternatives, in this case, the intended alternative is people who are entitled to receive assistance based on 10 criteria. The results of the black box testing show that the system created is in accordance with the design and can be used as a tool. making decisions on determining aid recipients, so that LazisMu Ayah services can be improved because the selection process becomes faster, more accurate, and on target.

공적개발원조(ODA) 수원체계에 대한 연구

Purpose: This paper analyzes the ODA management system, including the internal communication system, partnership structure, and policy decision-making and implementation process, of Lao PDR, Indonesia and Vietnam, which are Korea’s key partner countries in Asia. Based on the analysis, the paper aims to draw policy recommendations for donors to enhance aid effectiveness. Originality: This study analyzes recipient countries’ ODA management system from aid effectiveness perspective, which is relatively understudied compared to donors’ aid management system. It specifies the scope of aid management system by developing a new analytical framework based on the four elements consisting of legalization and legislation, key implementing agencies, communciation and partnership, and monitoring and evaluation process. Methodology: The study conducts literature review on the relationship between aid effectiveness and recipient countries’ governance. Based on the analytical framework, case studies on Korea’s three key aid recipient countries, i.e. Lao PDR, Indonesia, and Vietnam are conducted. The study utilizes official government documents and academic literature, and incorporates feedback from experts. Result: Although the three countries had different aid management systems, following similarities were found: mid-long term national development strategies having close linkage to the aid management system; recipient countries strengthening governance and institutional basis for enhanced ownership and transparency; while the role and capacity of key implementing agencies leading to different types of aid inefficiency issues. This implies that ODA management system has direct impact on aid efficiency and effectiveness. Conclusion and Implication: The study shows the importance of donors’ approach to recipient countries based on the latter’s context. Also, in-depth understanding of recipient countries’ aid management system can help donors better identify potential areas of cooperation and design new projects through ODA. The same applies to Korea, which is a key donor in all three country cases.

Comparative Analysis Of Saw And Topsis In Selecting Recipients Of Basic Food Assistance

The Basic Food Program is one of the Indonesian government's alternative programs for distributing aid to underprivileged or poor communities. A selection process needs to be carried out to determine recipients of basic food assistance. Decision Support Systems are effective systems used to produce calculations with output in the form of rankings. The methods that are quite widely used are the Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) method and the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). This research aims to apply the SAW and TOPSIS methods in selecting aid recipients so that appropriate results are obtained which can be proposed as solutions to decision-making problems. There are 6 criteria used in this case, including: residence, occupation of the head of the family, type of floor, type of wall, place to urinate, lighting source. The data used as a test is data from the Banyuurip village community in 2023. The calculation process is carried out by finding the weight value of each alternative for each criterion. The selected aid recipients are those who have the greatest value as the best alternative. From the calculation results of the SAW (Simple Additive Weighting) and TOPSIS methods, the calculation results of the two methods were obtained. The alternative with the largest value or rank 1 produced by SAW and TOPSIS was both selected as alternative A10. Of the 12 data tested, SAW and TOPSIS have 50% similar alternative ranking results, including: rank 1 = A10, rank 5 = A9, rank 7 = A7, rank 8 = A6, rank 11 = A2, and rank 12 = A12. The SAW method gets better results compared to the TOPSIS method, because it gets precise, stable results and shorter processing time.

Pengelolaan Dana Zakat produktif untuk Kesejahteraan Mustahik Melalui Program Solok Sejahtera (Studi pada BAZNAS Kota Solok)

BAZNAS Solok City uses program management, namely zakat received by officers from Muzakis is collected and managed to later be distributed to recipients of productive zakat funds while the mechanism for selecting and determining the criteria for receiving Solok Sejahtera program assistance, namely through the Solok City BAZNAS program, can be determined thoroughly through the fulfillment of 7 criteria in the SOP for the distribution of productive Zakat assistance in the Solok Program Prosperous. Meanwhile, the contribution of BAZNAS Solok Sejahtera City in Improving Mustahik Welfare, namely a. As a Productive Zakat Manager through the management of zakat for zakat aid recipients, mustahik prepares a requirement file which will later be submitted to the field of collection and distribution. b. As a Distributor of Zakat funds. The Solok Sejahtera program itself has 4 divisions, namely: (Individual Business Capital, Group Business Capital, Continue Business Capital, Business Capital. c. As a coach, BAZNAS Solok City conducts sustainable coaching.

Eligibility Classification of Aid Recipients Hope Family Program in Cinta Rakyat Village Using the Method Weighted Naive Bayes with Laplace Smoothing

The Indonesian government sometimes faces difficulties in dealing with poverty problems. The Indonesian government utilizes a number of programs and stimulants to overcome the problem of poverty. The government's PKH program offers conditional assistance to low-income families who have been designated as PKH recipient households. PKH provision is still below optimal standards, this may be because the data used is not updated frequently. To assist village officials in determining which residents are eligible to receive PKH assistance, this research tries to classify the eligibility of recipient residents in Cinta Rakyat Village. With the Weighted Naive Bayes method, classification calculations are not only based on probability distributions but also by adding weights to each attribute to the class. Assisted with Laplace Smoothing to avoid a probability value of 0. As a result, there are eight factors that determine a person's eligibility to receive PKH assistance, including age, occupation, income, number of family members, number of dependent school children, quality of house, type of floor, and type of walls. As well as classification into eligible and non-eligible groups. And obtained test results using the Confusion Matrix with an accuracy value of 95.65%, error rate of 4.34%, sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 94.74%. To identify village communities who deserve PKH assistance, Cinta Rakyat Village administrators can use the findings of this research.

Counting chickens before they hatch: transformational accounting in a development cash transfer program

ABSTRACT This article investigates the role of narratives in international development through an ethnographic analysis of a cash transfer program. Tanzania’s Productive Social Safety Net makes small. Regular payments to some of the poorest households in the country. Implementation centers on public activities accompanying payouts where beneficiaries recount changes they have been able to make through their productive use of program money. Narratives are fundamental to cash transfer programs where agencies have to show that the very small payments poor households receive lead to the substantial changes made in policy claims. Development programs invoke distinct rhetorical forms in order to make hyperbolic claims about the changes people needing development are expected to achieve, despite limited resources. Transformational accounting adopts the dramaturgical conventions of ‘relational accounting’ to situate aid recipients in tales of self-generated transformation that provide the basis for ongoing improvement. The systematic overstatement of impacts from interventions perpetuates longstanding discourses about personal and financial responsibility, sustaining political economies of aid and its organizational arrangements which benefit vested interests.

Health Inequities in Cancer Incidence According to Economic Status and Regions Are Still Existed Even under Universal Health Coverage System in Korea: A Nationwide Population Based Study Using the National Health Insurance Database.

The purpose of this study is to determine the level of health equity in relation to cancer incidence. We used the National Health Insurance claims data of the National Health Insurance Service between 2005 and 2022 and annual health insurance and medical aid beneficiaries between 2011 and 2021 to investigate the disparities of cancer incidence. We calculated age-sex standardized cancer incidence rates by cancer and year according to the type of insurance and the trend over time using the annual percentage change. We also compared the hospital type of the first diagnosis by cancer type and year and cancer incidence rates by cancer type and region in 2021 according to the type of insurance. The total cancer incidence increased from 255,971 in 2011 to 325,772 cases in 2021. The absolute difference of total cancer incidence rate between the NHI beneficiaries and the medical aid (MA) recipients increased from 510.1 cases per 100,000 population to 536.9 cases per 100,000 population. The odds ratio of total cancer incidence for the MA recipients increased from 1.79 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.77 to 1.82) to 1.90 (95% CI, 1.88 to 1.93). Disparities in access to hospitals and regional cancer incidence were profound. This study examined health inequities in relation to cancer incidence over the last decade. Cancer incidence was higher in the MA recipients, and the gap was widening. We also found that regional differences in cancer incidence still exist and are getting worse. Investigating these disparities between the NHI beneficiaries and the MA recipients is crucial for implementing of public health policies to reduce health inequities.

Decision Support System for Poor Student Aid Recipients Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method

The enforcement of mandatory education programs facilitates funding for primary and secondary schools, aligning with legal provisions designed to boost student engagement. Nevertheless, a stark reality persists, with numerous children unable to attend school, leading to dropouts and an inability to progress. A key factor contributing to this issue is the School Operational Assistance (BOS) not covering essential educational costs like uniforms, books, and shoes. The challenge lies in identifying suitable recipients for Poor Student Aid, hindered by insufficient categorized support data. Addressing this, a targeted solution involves designing a system, utilizing the Analysis Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method. Decisions regarding poor student aid approval would then be grounded in rational, objective considerations. Proactively implementing a structured decision support system is crucial in assigning significance to criteria values and weights, tailored to SD Negeri Baddoka Makassar's needs. Through AHP, the selection process becomes more transparent, measurable, and accountable. The resulting decisions have the potential to enhance the efficiency of providing assistance to those genuinely in need.

ANALISIS DAMPAK PROGRAM REHAB RUMAH TIDAK LAYAK HUNI TERHADAP KEMISKINAN DI KABUPATEN SUMBAWA BARAT

This research discusses the implementation of the Uninhabitable House Rehab program and the effectiveness of the Uninhabitable House Rehab program in reducing poverty levels in West Sumbawa Regency. The aim of this research is to determine the implementation of the Uninhabitable House Rehab program and analyze the effectiveness of the Uninhabitable House Rehab program in reducing poverty levels in West Sumbawa Regency. This research uses mixed methods, qualitative methods to discuss the implementation of the Uninhabitable House Rehab program in West Sumbawa Regency and quantitative methods to analyze the effectiveness of the Uninhabitable House Rehab program in reducing poverty levels in West Sumbawa Regency. The research results show that this program has been implemented well by the West Sumbawa Regency Housing and Settlement Service. The RTLH program in the West Sumbawa community is carried out procedurally in accordance with existing regulations, both from the process of collecting data on aid recipients, mentoring, assessment of aid recipients and monitoring the ongoing rehabilitation process so that the rehabilitation process takes place in accordance with the Budget Plan (RAB). With N = 10, from the t table above we get a t table value of 0.699, the significance value from the table is 0.290 so we get a significance value of 0.290 < 0.699 or the calculated t value < t table so it can be concluded that the House Rehab Program is Unfit for Living (RTLH) effective in reducing poverty in West Sumbawa Regency.

Policy Design for Extreme Poverty Alleviation in West Lombok Regency

This study aims to analyze the design of extreme poverty reduction policies in West Lombok District. The design of the policy refers to the substance/content of the policies developed for the reduction/prevention of extreme poverty used by the regions. A case study research approach is used to explore the design of extreme poverty alleviation policies. The West Lombok Regency government's policy on poverty alleviation contains various local government programs synergized in accelerating the acceleration of extreme poverty reduction. In addition, it is in the form of efforts to assist the poor for a movement that is actualized in bridging aid recipients to get out of poverty immediately. The construction of extreme poverty reduction policies in West Lombok Regency adopts the concept of an innovation hub to accelerate cross-government programs that target basic services (health and education) in interventions for individual/family change as well as increasing the business capacity of community groups.

Implementasi Metode K-Medoids Untuk Clustring Penerima Bantuan Berdasarkan Normalisasi Data Masyarakat Miskin Dengan Metode Desimal Scaling

The Social Welfare Office is the distributor of aid for the economically disadvantaged population in accordance with the regulations set by the Minister of Social Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2019. This aid is provided to the economically disadvantaged population selectively, not continuously, in the form of goods or cash, aiming to improve the welfare of the economically disadvantaged and socially vulnerable. The data of aid recipients from the economically disadvantaged population needs to be processed and normalized to obtain the desired information, facilitating the grouping of aid recipients at the Southeast Aceh Social Welfare Office. The aid recipients' data is processed and normalized to ease the grouping process using Decimal Scaling method, enabling the extraction of desired information. Subsequently, the data is clustered using the K-Medoids method to group aid recipients based on the normalized data, thus simplifying the identification of the most suitable aid recipients. This research employs a system capable of providing a solution for clustering aid recipient data using the K-Medoids method and the RapidMiner application

The Implementation of MOORA method in the Selection of Direct Cash Aid Recipients

This research aims to implement the Multi-Objective Optimization on The Basis of Ratio Analysis (MOORA) algorithm as a Decision Support System for selecting recipients of Direct Cash Assistance in Cempaka Putih village, Gorontalo. With a dataset of 112 prospectus recipients, the study focuses on developing an efficient approach to assist the village head in the beneficiary selection process. By combining multi-objective optimization and ratio analysis, the MOORA algorithm objectively evaluates and ranks recipients based on eligibility and suitability. The findings demonstrate the effectiveness of MOORA in streamlining the selection process, ensuring transparency and optimizing resource allocation for those most in need. This research contributes to decision support systems by showcasing the practical application of MOORA, enhancing assistance distribution, and improving community welfare. The results show that Alternative A1 receives the highest ranking, which is 1, with a Yi value of 1.32. Therefore, Alternative A1 is recommended as the best candidate to receive direct cash assistance in the Cempaka Putih village. The method has the capability to rank the top 12 suitable candidates who are eligible to obtain direct cash aid. However, there are instances where certain Yi values match, resulting in the same ranking for those alternatives. This similarity necessitates further observation and analysis.

Community Service Strengthening Goat Livestock Group in Catur Village, Kintamani-Bangli District

The province administration of Bali consistently promotes the formation of livestock farming communities, namely in goat farming, using housing and livestock aid initiatives. The "Subak Abian Pebunut" goat farming group in Catur Village, Kintamani District, Bangli, is among the recipients of government aid in goat farming. Despite its relatively short duration of operation, the group above needs support and instruction, particularly in maintenance management and feeding techniques. This is particularly relevant in effectively utilizing a substantial quantity of coffee waste via fermentation. The primary objective of this community service initiative is to modify the behavior of individuals within the group. Specifically, the focus is on enhancing their knowledge, abilities, and attitudes. It is important to note that the delivered content is derived from prior research studies. The approach employed in this community service initiative involves disseminating educational resources, followed by practical instruction on the fermentation of coffee skins. Additionally, trials and evaluations are conducted on goats to assess their growth and gauge their response to the practices above. The implementation of community service has yielded notable outcomes in knowledge acquisition, specifically in the discovery of the potential for fermenting coffee skins to produce animal feed of superior quality. In terms of actual implementation, the active involvement of all group members is ensured to facilitate the subsequent execution of the probiotic component blending and coffee skin fermentation procedures. In the context of trials and assessments, it was seen that the administration of fermented coffee skins to goats yielded notable outcomes in terms of their growth, as opposed to a control group of goats that did not get coffee skins. Based on the findings of this community service initiative, it can be inferred that the participants expressed satisfaction in acquiring knowledge and hands-on experience in producing fermented feed using coffee skins. Additionally, they observed the direct impact of feeding fermented coffee skins to livestock over one month, specifically examining the animals' response to consumption and its influence on the growth of goats.

Tariff overhang and aid: Theory and empirics

In this paper, we consider aid payments as a possible explanation for tariff overhangs. We set up a theoretical model in which rich countries use development aid to pay for tariff concessions by poorer countries. The more aid they receive as compensation, the more poor countries reduce the applied tariff below the bound tariff rate. Anticipating this mechanism, countries can negotiate a bound tariff rate that induces the joint optimal applied tariff and aid as outcomes. We empirically examine the relationship between tariff overhangs and donor aid preferences using detailed data on WTO members’ bound and applied tariff rates under the Uruguay agreement. The data sample contains a predominant majority of WTO members that are aid recipients under the Uruguay agreement. Our results provide support for the model’s aid-for-trade mechanism.

Aid–Growth Nexus and Corruption

Abstract Using data on 71 aid recipient countries over the period 2000–2019, this study examines the effect of the size and composition of foreign aid (Official Development Assistance, ODA) on economic growth. The size of ODA is positively correlated with growth, and the impact of an increase in ODA on growth decreases when ODA reaches a certain level. The influence of the composition of ODA in terms of grants and loans on growth is estimated differently depending on sample selection. The sample is divided into two sub-samples based on the median of the corruption perception index. The regression results show that grants have a positive and significant impact on growth without sample selection. However, loans have a positive and significant impact on growth in the sub-sample of less corrupt countries, but a negative and significant impact on growth in the sub-sample of more corrupt countries. Therefore, the results suggest that ODA is useful for inducing growth in the early stages of development. However, improvement in the economic environment in terms of reduced corruption is required to increase the positive impact of ODA in the form of loans on growth.

Examination of Foreign Legal Aid Systems and Their Operating Mechanisms

The extraterritorial experience of legal aid mechanisms should also be examined in a dynamic and practical manner. It is impossible to understand the actual system of a country on the basis of its legislative texts or the jurisprudence of its courts. As Ehrman, a famous comparative law researcher, emphasized, “When comparing, it is possible to know what must be functionally compared rather than just words. No matter how serious it is, it cannot be based only on legal provisions. No matter how clear and explicit it is, we must observe its actual effects.” Therefore, it is necessary to use the “five pairs of relationships” that support China's legal aid operation mechanism as the basic analytical framework to examine the basic experience of representative extraterritorial countries' legal aid operation mechanisms, and present their normative structure and practice. In order to objectively analyze the advantages and ingrained habits of the extraterritorial legal aid system, and reconsider the interrelationships between the five entities of the government, legal aid agencies, aid lawyers, aid recipients, and case handling agencies.

‘Living beyond its present means’: World Bank push and local pushback over lowest-cost housing for postcolonial Dakar

ABSTRACT In mid-1972, the World Bank approved its first loan for a sites and services project, selecting Senegal for the location based on the country's prior experience with similar schemes. Through a close reading of documents in the Bank archive, this article explores the serious differences that emerged between the Bank and Senegal in shaping the project, focusing on three issues: determining whether slum clearance or upgrading should be used to manage existing unregulated urban settlements; eliminating government subsidies for moderate-income housing schemes in order to shift investment to sites and services; and setting appropriate standards for the new Bank-sponsored neighbourhood. Moreover, the partners conceived the project quite differently: while the Bank was fixed on the successful implementation of its first sites and services scheme, for Senegal, this project was only one element of a larger vision for Dakar, which reflected the ambitions of the country's first postcolonial president, Léopold Senghor, and was given shape in the 1967 master plan developed by French urban planner Michel Écochard. The article examines the completed project through the contrasting evaluations produced by the project partners, and considers the complex power dynamics of the relationship between the Bank and Senegal as aid lender and recipient.