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Ponte Academic Journal
Dec 2017, Volume 73, Issue 12

IMPACT ANALYSIS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FRAGMENTATION ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE IN WEST SUMATRA : A CASE STUDY OF WEST PASAMAN

Author(s): Adrimas Unand ,Harif Amali Rifai, Dewi Sartika, A Winarno

J. Ponte - Dec 2017 - Volume 73 - Issue 12
doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2017.12.14



Abstract:
The purpose of local government fragmentation is to improve the welfare of society through bringing government services closer to the community and stimulating new centers of economic growth. The influence of the local government fragmentation on economic development was investigated using logistic regression analysis. The method of this research was quantitative descriptive using both primary and secondary data. The results show that taken together, economic performance, regional financial performance, performance of public services and performance of the civil servants have a significant influence on the development of West Pasaman (Mc. Fadden R2 = 0.135). After the separation, economic performance of West Pasaman showed little change. The performance of local government including the financial performance, performance of the public service, and performance of civil servants showed improvement
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