Title : Rural Poverty and Labor Force Participation: Evidence from Indonesia's Village Fund Program

Authors : Anu Rammohan, Achmad Tohari

Department : Economics

Journal Name : plos one

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Keywords : Rural Poverty and Labor Force Participation: Evidence from Indonesia's Village Fund Program

ABSTRACT :

Rural Residence Account for the Bulk of Poverty in Developing Countries. This paper evaluates the impact of Indonesia's Village Fund Program (Village Fund Program or VFP) on Rural Poverty and Female Labor Force Participation. The VFP, Introduced in 2014, was an ambritious national-level village governance 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, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, Human Capital, and Job Creation. 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 Conumption Expenditure Among Households, Particularly Among Agricultural Female Labor Force Participation in Rural Areas Increased by About 10 Percentage Points and There is also evidence of a sectoral shift away from agricultural employee towards jobs in the service sector. This improvement in Labor Force Participation is Associated with Poverty Reduction Among Rural Households.

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283041