Effect of Village Funds on Poverty Levels in Momunu District of Buol Regency

This present study aimed to find out the effect of the village fund policy on the poverty rate in each village in the Momonu Subdistrict. The data used in this study was secondary data from regent Perbub regulation of Buol Regency, white the research method employed quantitative descriptive with simple linear and panel data analyses. The research period ranged from 2017 to 2019, with the research sites of 16 villages in the Momunu subdistrict. The finding disclosed that village funds could decrease the poverty rate in the Momunu Subdistrict from 2017 to 2019; in other words, the village funds negatively impacted poverty. This means that every increase in village funds could reduce poverty. However, the increase in village funds has not directly explained the decline in the number of poor people in the Momunu Subdistrict. In brief, the decline was not necessarily caused by an increase in village funds, yet there were other factors in the form of public awareness in managing village funds.