The existence and contribution of Islamic boarding school (pesantren) for Indonesian people is significance enough. Pesantren is an educational and community development institution. Its existence in Pekalongan, however, is in serious condition. Today, its development is less maximal, the increase of student amount is not significance, the Islamic classical book study does not improve, and the institution is stagnant, i.e. as a religious learning place only. There are some pesantrens that their student amount become more in a little calculation every years, and even their students are off, and only few pesantrens develop bigger. This research describes that condition and government take a strategic initiative to reinforce their existence and vitality
This study aims to know the effect of local government's characteristics, which are the local government's administrative age, the size of its investments, the number of SKPDs (working units), the educational background of the head of the local government and intergovernmental revenues, on the compliance of local government investment disclosures and compare the compliance of local government investments disclosures between local governments in Java and Sumatera. The sampling method used is purposive sampling. The study sample consists of 102 district/city governments that report the Local Government Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2013 and have been audited by the Indonesia's Supreme Audit Board in 2014. This study uses multiple regression analysis and t-test procedure and also does the classical assumptions test including normality, autocorrelation, heteroscedasticity, and multicollinearity test using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The results show that the local government's administrative age has significant effect on the disclosure of local government investments, while the size of its investments, the number of SKPDs (working units), the educational background of the head of the local government and intergovernmental revenues have no significant effect on the disclosure of local government investments. Keywords: local government investment disclosures, local government financial statements, organizational theory, characteristics of an organization.
Political culture, is part of the culture of the society with the characteristics of a more typical. The term includes the issue of legitimacy of political culture, power regulation, government policy-making process, the activities of political parties, the behavior of the state apparatus, and the turmoil of society against the power to rule. Political activity is also entering the world of religious, economic and social activities, personal and social life at large. Thus, political culture directly affects the political life and national decisions regarding the allocation pattern of public resources. No exception to the institution called the pesantren. Political culture in schools to some extent affect the practical political life in the boarding area itself. Pesantren and political parties actually two entities are quite far apart. Pesantren is more synonymous with education which is in contact with science and morality, while the political parties more closely on joint efforts to achieve, maintain, and seize power. Pesantren in daily life is busy with the book review that discusses the views of scholars of classical and modern about the various disciplines of Islamic religion, while political parties busy with preparing the party platform with all the strategies and political tactics to gain power for the sake of advancing the nation and state and the welfare of the people
Funds of district development sourced from district of earning and budgeting (APBD) constrained when source of revenue rely on district revenue (PAD) as like as taxes. An act penetration innovatory solution is needed to solve the budget deficit problem such as the potency of Sharia bonds (Sukuk). This article discusses what kinds of potency that become strengths and weaknesses then how opportunities and challenges are faced by Banten Province in an effort to take advantage of sukuk as the source of development budgeting in Banten. Furthermore, what strategis are effective to apply in an attempt to make sukuk as the source of development budgeting in Banten. An analysis of classical SWOT (SWOT Analysis-K) used to solve the problem above. First step of SWOT-K analysis is identifying the internal and external factors faced by the Banten province to take advantage of sukuk as a source of development budgeting in Banten. Second is making combination of internal and external factors. Final step is formulating appropriate strategies to be sukuk as an alternative of development funding in Banten. Result of SWOT-K anafysis in Banten Province has the power of aspects of economic resources as basic capital to make use of sukuk for regional development budgeting. Whereas there are two weakness become obstacles, there are human resources and government management. Besides, the market opportunity to make use of sukuk is widely open because Banten Province is one of the provinces that have a positive economic growth. Opportunities become greater with decentralization right in district financial management, but faced challenges are none of juridis basis for the implementation of district sukuk. The existence of UU SBSN does not yet give potency for district to take advantage of sukuk as APBD because the utilization of new sukuk is allowed for APBN. Priority strategic is improving the quality of human resources in field of Sharia finance by increasing professionalism and accountability in management. Improvement of the quality of human resources is accompanied by efforts to encourage the central government and the legislature to revise the constitution of governing district finances in order that accommpodate the source of society loans as instrument of district Sharia bonds (sukuk). Keywords: Budgeting, Bonds, Sukuk, Banten, APBD.
