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Democratize Health Policy Through Citizen’s Charter in North Bengkulu District
Full text linkThis research is analyzing about how the policy of democratization and regional autonomy can born Citizen’s Charter in public sevice. The purpose of the regional autonomy implementation is to shortening the distance of service among goverment and the society, so the local goverment can understand more about desires, aspirations and needs of the community compared with the central government who has longer distance from the society. The effort to shortening the distance makes the execution of regional autonomy needs some changes and inovations in giving the service in order to match with the society needs. The result of this research shows that the democratization and regional autonomy policy still can’t born the Citizen’s Charter in local public service yet, particularly in health care services contract in the Arga Makmur city, North Bengkulu. Realization of the Citizen’s Charter principles in the Puskesmas Arga Makmur, North Bengkulu district is proved to have different characteristics with the Citizen’s Charter which occurred in Java commonly. In North Bengkulu, the implementation of the Citizen’s Charter not only need strong political will from local goverment, budget support (General Revenue and Expenditure Budget/ APBD), the availability of adequate infrastructure, commitment and quality of the resource officers, community support, the importance of shifting paradigm in society toward formal treatment like Puskesmas, but also need a personal leadership for the head of Puskesmas. Without any initiation from personal leadership, it can be sure that the implementation of Citizen’s Charter in regional seems can’t be running well
Infrastructure Development in Papua: Features and Challenges
Full text linkThis article aims to examine the issue of infrastructure development in Papua Province, Indonesia. This article specifically discusses the problems confronted during the process of infrastructure development in Jayapura and the challenges in expanding them. The method used in this study is the qualitative method with a case study approach, wherein the infrastructure development case selected is the Papua Bangkit Stadium and Holtekamp Bridge located in Jayapura. Both infrastructure development cases serve as sample cases that show the extent of infrastructure development impact in Papua, and the issues that were confronted, starting from the development process up to the expansion. The study results indicate that although previous studies have shown positive correlation between development and welfare, in reality, there are several problems occurring in Papua’s infrastructure development. Preparedness of human resources, cultural issues, and weak coordination between every level of regional government institution, these are the main problems in Papua’s infrastructure development. This article is expected to assist in resolving the issues found in Papua’s infrastructure development, and to provide recommendations for resolving those issues
Assessing Beneficiaries’ Healthcare Satisfaction under National Health Insurance in Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania
Full text linkThis research is based on an empirical study of NHIF beneficiaries on the quality of healthcare received under the scheme. It investigates the extent of healthcare satisfaction as perceived by principal beneficiaries on various factors influencing healthcare, and examined challenges facing the scheme as per beneficiaries’ opinion. This research used survey method for data collection. The analysis is done using primary data from the questionnaire, which were distributed to 152 NHIF beneficiaries (employee) at the National Identification Authority (NIDA) in October 2018. Data collection instrument included a Google-based questionnaire with closed questions. Data were analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistics (Quantitative descriptive study design). The study found unsatisfactory results on some of the services given by the scheme such as a number of dependents covered, the range of diseases covered, time for treatment intervention, time to wait for diagnostic tests, an appointment with the specialists, and time to retrieve files. It also examined budget constraints, public awareness, and acceptance of the scheme, corruption, and embezzlement as the challenge facing the scheme
Community Participation and Government Role in Using Village Funds in Dlingo Village
Full text linkThis study discusses community participation and the role of the government in the utilization of village funds in Dlingo Village. The aim of this study was to find out about the level of community participation in the use of village funds in Dlingo Village and to find out about the role of the government in determining the use of village funds in Dlingo Village. This study uses Arnstein's theory of participation ladder, which is used to determine the level of community participation at each stage of development, namely planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. The research method used is qualitative descriptive research method by collecting qualitative data in the form of interviews, document studies, and observations. The results of this study indicate that: (1) Community Participation in Development Program Planning is at the level of community participation at the partnership level. Community participation in the process is quite high, reaching 90% attendance at the village development planning meeting forum. (2) Community Participation in the Implementation of the Development Program is at the stage of placation, this is evidenced by the implementation of the program involving almost the entire community. The role of the village government as the manager of village funds in terms of implementing the program is as a coordinator so that each program can be implemented properly. (3) Community participation in the Development Program Monitoring and Evaluation is in the consultation stage where the community becomes a consultant to the village government. The role of the government is in the monitoring and evaluation process in terms of being a driver of supervision and evaluation among the community
Generating the New Dimensions of Social Sustainability into Sustainable Urban Development Policy
Full text linkThis paper contributes to the debates on how policy makers face the dilemma on sustainable urban development policies, by addressing social sustainability dimensions. Therefore, it aims to generate out the new dimensions of social sustainability into policy for sustainable urban development. The comprehension gives an insight that favor multi-disciplinary themes, in which it may support national political agenda, particularly in the realms of urban development. Hereby, the research methodology is mapping review; which is held by classifying a new model of social sustainability dimensions. This alternative was proposed to undertake more pressing urgencies in sustainable urban development. Moreover, the study is expected to overcome the ambiguous and complicated elements or key features in determining social sustainability. In general, an implication for urban society is that the new model of social sustainability can be directed to better improve the urban societal development, based on the state of well-being and humane principals
Paradox of Social Capital in the Implementation of Public Policy (Finding in the Tanimbar Islands Regency)
Full text linkThe era of decentralization (autonomization) has begun in Indonesia since 1999. Various public policies have been made to support the implementation of decentralization. Of the many public policies, there are those that have been successfully implemented, but not a few have experienced ineffectiveness to failure. Many studies reveal that social capital is one of the factors that supports the successful implementation of various public policies. However, there is still very little research that looks at the dark side (paradox) of social capital, which contributes to the ineffectiveness of the implementation of a public policy. This paper discusses the paradox of social capital that causes the ineffectiveness of the process of implementing a public policy. The various cases discussed in this paper show that local government as implementing institution face serious obstacles in implementing various public policies, when public policies collide with the values of social capital that are lived and trusted by the local community. The Tanimbar Islands are a small and poor regency in Maluku Province, which also experiences this problematic situation. This situation occurs when the applied public policies clash with reality regarding some forms (manifestations) of social capital found in the community, such as the cultural values of duan lolat, sweri practices, and communal lifestyles in tnyafar. By showing the case of the Tanimbar Islands, we can see the dark side of social capital in the implementation of public policies, which in the future, need to be resolved
