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This study was conducted to see the implementation of environmentally sustainable city development policies which are one of the pillars in the program of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) 2030 where local government is placed as the main actor. For the ASEAN regional level, the regional commitments of Regions for the development of environmentally sustainable cities are depicted in the ASEAN Socio-Culture Community Blueprint 2025. The review of this implementation aspect is aimed at identifying developments and challenges faced in the strategic policy of the Palembang City Government as the main implementing actor towards environmentally sustainable cities in the long term, with the Australia- Palembang Project-related the procurement of clean water and sanitation as a case study. In line with these objectives, this study uses qualitative research methods that are exploratory and descriptive in nature, where the depth and context of the data are important. This research results in the finding that the government of Palembang has been considered as an institution that has clear political objectives fully committed in the practice of city diplomacy to involve themselves directly even though it is limited to international cooperation through policy, and balanced communication between government agencies and AUS AID (as an international donor). The City Government is no longer seen as the object of implementing program plans formulated at the central level, but also has the opportunity to formulate a strategic plan or (bottom up) procedure based on the needs of local communities and the suitability of the model with environmentally sustainable city development.

This study aims to obtain empirical evidence about the influence of the characteristics of local governments on local government financial distress in districts and cities throughout Indonesia for the period 2015-2017 whose data was obtained from the BPK and BPS. The dependent variable in this study is financial distress and its independent variables, namely the characteristics of local governments which consist of financial independence, the degree of decentralization, the complexity of local governments that are proxied by population, expansion of regions proxied by the administrative age of regional governments and area. The value of financial independence, population and regional expansion has a positive and significant effect on financial distress, while the value of the decentralization degree and area has a negative and significant effect on the financial distress of the regency and city governmen in Indonesia.Keywords: Local Government Finance, Characteristics of Local Government; Financial Distress

The downstreaming option to provide added value to local industries, especially developing countries in the Global Value Chain (GVC) era as a way to increase competitiveness and seizing global markets, is inevitable. This paper focus on the analysis of the developments and limitations faced in the implementation of the Strategic Policy of South Sumatra Rubber Product Downstreaming with the establishment of Tanjung Api-Api Special Economic Zone. At the regional level, the idea of developing SEZ (Special Economic Zone) aims to prepare investment institutions in improving the investment climate in Southeast Asia region and manifesting ASEAN as a single market and production base as a component of the 2015 ASEAN Economic Community. This study used an exploratory and descriptive qualitative research method, where the depth and context of the data are important. Data from this study consisted of secondary data through literature study and analysis of documents and primary data obtained from interview as well as through field research. The author concludes that the industrial downstreaming of rubber products in South Sumatra has not been maximally carried out, it was still segmented, it was not conducted linearly, both production and coordination between the central government and the locals. Tanjung Api-Api SEZ as a hub for international trade and industrialization of rubber commodities also encountered various obstacles including infrastructure (deep sea port) at this point was inadequate, certainty of fiscal incentives for companies relocating to SEZ and licensing.

204 million people are Muslims. This amount makes Indonesia as the largest Muslim nation in the world and thus has huge potential for the development of Islamic (i.e Islamc Banking). However, Indonesia is not a country with an Islamic ideology, but is a country with an ideology of Pancasila which basically shows the characteristics of a secular country with a fully capitalist financial system. Therefore the establishment of a Sharia banking in this country requires a long fight and stand is quite late compared to countries with a majority Muslim population. What caused the delay in the establishment of Sharia banking in Indonesia? What are the issues and the problems behind the establishment of Sharia banking in Indonesia? This paper aims to identify issues and problems behind the establishment of Sharia banking and how the issue is resolved until finally Sharia banking established. The history of how the struggle of Sharia banking establishments do, who and which groups were involved in the establishment of sharia banking in Indonesia will also be presented. This paper is based on historical data and secondary data were analyzed using content analysis. Research results found a political issue, a lack of government support, legal issues, social problems, economic problems (lack of capital) and debate among legal scholars about halal-haram interest of conventional banks was partly responsible for the delay in the establishment of Sharia banking Indonesia.

Indonesia with around 204 million populations is biggest Muslim country in the world.As a biggest Muslim population, there is a huge potential for the development of Islamicbanking. Islamic banking is first received more attention with the release of governmentlaws that support Islamic banking. In 1992 the first Islamic banks namely Bank MuamalatIndonesia officially operated. After that a few other Islamic banks, either in the form offull-pledge system or in the form of dual banking system were opened. Beside support fromgovernment, support for the development of Islamic banking is also coming from MajelisUlama Indonesia (MUI) and Muhammadiyah society organizations characterized bydischarge fatwa of bank interest as haram. The current market share of Islamic bank is toosmall it really does not reflect the huge potential of the Muslim population of Indonesia.Purpose of this paper is to review the development of Islamic banking in Indonesia inrecent years. This paper is using secondary data and analyzed that data by using contentanalysis. The result found that the Islamic bank's market share is only 3.2% of the overallbanking industry market share. However, if viewed in terms of asset development,financing and the number of institutions, was showing significant growth. Of course, thismarket share is too small when compared with the number of the Muslim population ofIndonesia, especially when compared with a market share of Islamic banking in otherMuslim countries. This situation suggests that Islamic banking is the only alternative, notan obligation for Muslims of Indonesia. The lower share of this market were due to the lackof consumer knowledge on Islamic banking, the lack of government commitment, poorsocialization and longer haram halal legal debate over the issue of bank interest.Keywords: Islamic banking, development, market share, Indonesia.

AbstractWater quality, in combination with design and operational data collected from multiple studies, was assessed to benchmark the performance of ozone‐biologically active filtration in reuse applications. A total of 149 contaminants of emerging concern, representative of multiple categories and chemical structures, were prioritized and systematically compared to elucidate apparent differences in removal capabilities as affected by multiple factors such as influent water matrix, ozone‐to‐organic carbon ratio, empty bed contact time, filtration media type, and initial media condition. The results were consistent with earlier findings for the removal of highly amenable compounds but demonstrate inconsistencies and knowledge gaps across multiple facilities for the more persistent compounds. Analysis of this multistudy data‐mining effort also demonstrates a complicated interplay between contaminant removal and numerous design and operational variables. Hence, further systematic investigation is warranted to elucidate the underlying removal mechanisms.