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Indonesia was known as an agrarian and maritime country, should not experience difficulties in fulfill food needs or having high food security. However, it is a formidable challenge for the Indonesia to meeting food needs. The low level of food security was caused more by Indonesia's geographical conditions in the form of islands that cause inequality of food production, distribution and absorption among provinces in Indonesia. To reduce the occurrence of food security inequality between provinces in Indonesia, clusters was formed based on food security indicators. Based clustering technique is chosen to overcome the problem of overlapping and the limited availability problem in food security data. The results of research produce 3 clusters based on the classification of food security levels. Based on Bayesian Information Criterion, the most fitted cluster model is a three-cluster model with diagonal distributions. The first cluster consisted of 19 provinces with a classification of middle food security levels, the second cluster consisted of 10 provinces with the classification of the level of high food security, and the third cluster consisted of 5 provinces with a classification of low food security levels. It is expected that the results of this clustering can provide input to the Indonesian government to focus more on 5 Provinces with low food security classification, which focuses on access to food.

AbstractOtoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) focus on improving financial behavior is through financial education program. This study discusses the importance of financial literacy and materialism attitudes in affecting individual's financial behaviour. Using survey on 129 undergraduates of Economic Education, financial literacy and materialism being factor in affecting behaviour finance. The result of research shows that financial literacy has positive and significant contribution on financial behaviour. It can be seen from the original sample value is 0.244 and t-value 2.319 > 1.96. In addition materialism has a positive and significant contribution on financial behaviour with the original sample value is -0.583 and t-value 6.666 > 1.96. Undergraduates with high financial literacy has good financial behaviour, and undergraduates with low materialism tends can hold an activity related to the purchase of consumer goods and services. Moreover, the significance of financial literacy and self-efficacy has important implications for the development of policies that aim to improve financial behaviour among college students in financial education programs. Keywords: Financial Literacy, Materialism, Financial Behaviour, Financial Education

This study identifies and analyzes competitiveness factors of food commodities in Central Java. The research data covers primary data with 245 respondents of food commodities sellers. The research method was using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). AHP calculation results show that food competitivesness factors involve: a) the agricultural sector investment with a value of 0.28; b) agricultural infrastructure with a value of 0.24; c) government program of food security and safety with a value of 0.20; d) government's active role in supervision of food with a value of 0.18; e) the accessibility of local food commodities with a value of 0.06; and f) the high demand for domestic food with a value of 0.05. Keywords: food commodities, competitiveness, AHP

This research aims to identify the economic and non-economic factors which are perceived by the community to be able to determine Village Fund in Central Java. The data were collected from surveys to village governments in 29 regencies in Central Java (with a total of 70 observed respondents), which were then analyzed using AHP and SWOT methods. This research concludes that there are 8 economic and 5 non-economic factors which determine the Village Fund. They are divided into internal and external. The internal factors determining the Village Fund consist of among others: strength (utilization of village's human resource and natural resource potential; village-owned enterprises development; community welfare; active community participation; good economic activity; lack of knowledge and initiative from village officials; lack of village fund governance; and, low allocation for economic and community empowerment). Meanwhile, the external factors determining the Village Fund are opportunities (support from central & regional government, village stakeholders' potential contribution, local products' market expansion, and threats (foreign cultural influences through ICTs), environmental impact, and competition between villages. All those factors are related to the Government's efforts to direct all the villages' resources potential in accordance with the dynamics of the 4.0 Industrial Revolution. The significant contribution of this research is the finding that Village Fund should facilitate woman economic empowerment and family welfare.

Purpose of the study: This research aims to empirically prove the composition of local government expenditure (education, health, marine and fisheries, agriculture, and general allocation fund) on economic growth in 18 provinces in Indonesia from 2010 to 2015. Methodology: The model used in this research is panel data regression. The use of panel data in regression can provide more information that cannot be provided by cross-section or time-series data, and provides the best solution for inferring dynamic changes than cross-section data. Main Findings: The findings in this study are foreign investment has no influence on economic growth. Fiscal policies that are carried out are not effective in encouraging economic growth, and the use of the General Allocation Fund is not on target. Applications of this study: Foreign investment must be a trigger for the local economy and the national economy by means of foreign investment in Indonesia which is prioritized using raw materials and local labour, so that dependence on imported raw materials can be minimized. To overcome leakage of development budget must implement a budgeting system that is oriented towards organizational output and is very closely related to the organization's vision, mission, and strategic plan. The use of general allocation funds needs to be monitored by certain institutions and prioritizing public interest.