Revenue and Expenditure Budgets and Village Development Index to Reduce Stunting: A Case Study from Indonesian Provinces

Abstract

Stunting is a public health concern affecting several countries worldwide, including Indonesia. Previous studies have shown that stunting is more prevalent in rural areas than in urban ones. The objectives of this study is to examine the effects of village expenditures on development implementation, community development, and community empowerment, as well as the Village Development Index, across 33 Indonesian provinces. Secondary data was collected by the Central Statistics Agency in 2016, 2019, and 2021. The study was designed using quantitative research and panel data regression. The analysis results using the fixed effect model with one tail hypothesis test indicated that: first, village spending on development implementation has had no significant effect; second, village expenditure on development has no discernible effect; third, village expenditures on empowerment had no discernible effect; fourth, stunting rates in Indonesian provinces are significantly affected by Building Village Indexes.

Sociocultural Linkages as Causes of Stunting Village in the Community of Tanjung Village, Mempawah Hilir District, Mempawah District

“…Several previous studies stated that stunting occurs as a result of a complex interaction of various determinant factors, including socioeconomic and cultural influences (Mediani, 2020), other researchers argue that politics and the economy, as well as society and culture, are Sociocultural Linkages as Causes of Stunting Village in the Community of Tanjung Village, Mempawah Hilir District, Mempawah District one of the factors that influence the occurrence of stunting (Wicaksono et al, 2022), but the study did not provide specific studies and details about these claims. This shows a gap in research that focuses on understanding certain cultural factors that contribute to stunting because stunting results from complex interactions of household, social, environmental, and economic (Bahrun & Wildan, 2022).…”