Rural poverty and labour force participation: Evidence from Indonesia's Village fund program.

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  • Author(s): Rammohan A;Rammohan A; Tohari A; Tohari A
  • Source:
    PloS one [PLoS One] 2023 Jun 21; Vol. 18 (6), pp. e0283041. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 21 (Print Publication: 2023).
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101285081 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1932-6203 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19326203 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS One Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science
    • Subject Terms:
      Poverty* ; Financial Management*; Female ; Humans ; Indonesia ; Employment ; Rural Population ; Developing Countries ; Economics
    • Abstract:
      Rural residents account for the bulk of poverty in developing countries. This paper evaluates the impact of Indonesia's Dana Desa program (Village Fund Program or VFP) on rural poverty and female labour force participation. The VFP, introduced in 2014, was an ambitious national-level village governance program which transferred administrative responsibility and financial resources to Indonesia's 79,000 plus rural villages, providing them with the autonomy to invest in rural infrastructure, human capital, and job creation programs. Using nationally representative data from before and after the program, we show that the implementation of the VFP was associated with an improvement in rural household's consumption expenditure among households, particularly among agricultural households. Female labour force participation in rural areas increased by about 10 percentage points and there is also evidence of a sectoral shift away from agricultural employment towards jobs in the service sector. This improvement in labour force participation is associated with poverty reduction among rural households.
      Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
      (Copyright: © 2023 Rammohan, Tohari. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
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    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20230621 Date Completed: 20230623 Latest Revision: 20230701
    • Publication Date:
      20230701
    • Accession Number:
      PMC10284375
    • Accession Number:
      10.1371/journal.pone.0283041
    • Accession Number:
      37343023