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Julius Ary Mollet
Universitas Cenderawasih, Papua, Indonesia
Economics, Econometrics & Finance

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Village Fund Management and Community Economic Empowerment in a Remote Papua Highland Village Topilus Sambom; Julius Ary Mollet; Risky Novan Ngutra
Advances in Public Law and Policy Vol. 1 No. 2 (2026): July
Publisher : Goodwood Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35912/aiplap.v1i2.4386

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Purpose: This study examines how Village Fund (Dana Desa) management in Helaksili Village, Yalimo Regency, Papua Mountains Province, contributes to community economic empowerment through physical infrastructure, community empowerment programs, and household income improvement. Methodology: A descriptive mixed-methods approach was employed, combining budget effectiveness analysis using the Kepmendagri No. 690.900.327/1996 ratio, a five-point Likert survey of 20 household respondents, and SWOT analysis. Data were obtained from the 2025 Village Budget (APBK) and official financial records using purposive sampling. Results: Budget realization reached 100%, indicating Very Effective performance. Village construction (35.03%) and governance (29.93%) received the largest allocations. Community perceptions were highest for infrastructure, moderate for empowerment programs, and lowest for household income improvement. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis identified full budget realization as a strength, while high administrative expenditure and the absence of outcome-based indicators remained key weaknesses. Conclusions: Village Fund management was procedurally effective but substantively limited, indicating that budget absorption alone does not guarantee community welfare improvement.Limitations: The single-village setting, small sample (n = 20), and lack of baseline data limit generalizability and causal inference. Contributions: This study extends Village Fund research to Papua's remote highland context and introduces the proceduralsubstantive effectiveness gap as a framework for evaluating fiscal transfer programs and informing outcome-based rural development policies.
Effectiveness of Regional Education Expenditure Management in a Remote Highland Yalimo Regency, Papua Mountains, Indonesia Paul Yare; Julius Ary Mollet; Risky Novan Ngutra
Studies in Economy and Public Policy Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026): May
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35912/sepp.v2i1.4389

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Purpose: This study examines the effectiveness of regional education expenditure management in Yalimo Regency, one of the most geographically isolated districts in Papua Mountains Province, Indonesia, where consecutive budget increases have coincided with only marginal gains in education quality. Methodology: A mixed methods design combined quantitative analysis of education budget realization data from 2021 to 2025, sourced from the regional financial and asset management agency of Yalimo Regency, with a phenomenological inquiry involving ten key informants, analyzed through the Colaizzi-Moustakas protocol. Results: Total education spending grew from IDR 70.8 billion in 2021 to IDR 161.3 billion in 2024 before contracting by 19.15% in 2025. Capital expenditure achieved 96.54% average effectiveness, while operational expenditure averaged only 69.94%, a 26.6 percentage point gap. Phenomenological analysis identified four inhibiting factors, geographic barriers, administrative fear syndrome, subsistence driven discount rates, and teacher welfare deficits, alongside three enabling factors, political commitment, the Special Autonomy Fund, and traditional leadership. Conclusions: Yalimo exhibits a hollow infrastructure problem in which strong capital execution coexists with chronic operational underperformance, extending displacement effect theory to structural geographic barriers and revealing a stewardship paradox in which punitive audit systems discourage execution. Limitations: The single regency scope and one fiscal cycle window restrict generalizability to other highland districts. Contributions: The study extends displacement effect and stewardship theory to fragile remote governance contexts and offers evidence based policy guidance for reforming education expenditure management in underdeveloped frontier districts across Indonesia.
Co-Authors Paul Yare Risky Novan Ngutra Topilus Sambom