Effectiveness of Stages in Village Fund Management (A Case Study on Implementation of Village Fund Management in Oenino-South Timor Tengah)

Objective of the study is to describe and analyze (1) effectiveness of village fund management in Oenino, South Timor Tengah, and (2) inhibiting factors in village fund management in Oenino, South Timor Tengah. This qualitative study used a case-study approach. The focus of this study was 1. to measure effectiveness of village fund management using 4 approaches, (Robins (1994: 58) namely: (1) goal-setting approach; (2) systems approach; (3) constituent approach, and (4) competitive advantage approach. 2. Supporting and inhibiting factors in implementation of village fund management in Oenino, South Timor Tengah. The setting of the study was all villages in Oenino, South Timor Tengah. Informants was selected based on purposive sampling technique, and the data collection techniques were interview, documentation, and observation. The data analysis technique was Miles and Huberman’s Interactive Model. The method for validity testing was triangulation.The findings showed that effectiveness of village fund management in providing contribution to the society in Oenino, South Timor Tengah can be measured based on physical development and public empowerment. However, facilities the society can take advantage of the most were ones supporting agricultural programs, roads, clean water, health programs for instance Integrated Healthcare Center and Village Health Posts, and early childhood education program. Meanwhile, public empowerment which aimed to develop public-owned productive business is allocated for physical development for instance building houses, soccer field, public toilets, Integrated Healthcare Center cadre training and others that have yet to meet development of public-owned productive business. As the result, when explained further, the shift from public empowerment program to infrastructure development prevents society from working together. DOI: 10.7176/DCS/9-11-02 Publication date: November 30th 201