Identification of the Most Influential Infrastructure for the Development of Disadvantaged Villages in Sumberpetung Village, Malang Regency, Indonesia

The aim and one of the main targets for regional development contained in the 2015-2019 National Medium-term Development Plan (Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Menengah Nasional—RPJMN) is rural development, namely by reducing the number of disadvantaged villages to 5,000 villages or increasing the number of independent villages at least 2,000 villages. In 2014, Indonesiahad 74,093 villages with 20,167 disadvantaged villages. In East Java, there are333 villages with 238 developing villages and 95disadvantaged villages, one of which is Sumberpetung village in Kaliparesub-district, Malangregency. Sumberpetung village is categorized as a disadvantaged village by a community empowerment agency of Malang regency based on the village development index issued by the national development agency in collaboration with the Central Bureau of Statistics.The village development index is assessed based on the condition of road infrastructure, education, health, clean water, electricity, and telecommunications infrastructure in the village. Sumberpetungvillage is categorized as disadvantaged due to physical, social, and economic infrastructure problems. This research aims to explain the infrastructure that is most influential in developing villages and how much influence these infrastructures have on village development. The data were collected through direct observation and questionnaire distribution.The data were then analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis, a descriptive analysis method. The results show that the most influential infrastructure on the development of Sumberpetungvillage in Malang regency is the physicalinfrastructure which includes transportation networks (roads and bridges), clean water networks, telecommunication, and drainage networks