Do villages allocate sufficient fund for disaster risk reduction? A survey of 10 villages in Banda Aceh

11th Aceh International Workshop and Expo on Sustainable Tsunami Disaster Recovery

Fahlevi, H.^1 ; Nur, M.F.^2 ; Arifin, M.^2 ; Azril, A.^2

Accounting Department, Faculty of Economics and Business, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia^1

Department of Disaster Science, Postgraduate Program, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia^2

关键词: Banda Aceh;    Budget allocation;    Disaster management;    Disaster risk reductions;    Financial assistance;    Financial information;    Financial regulations;    Total budget;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/273/1/012058/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/273/1/012058

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This study aims to assess and evaluate the disaster budget in 10 villages in Banda Aceh. By using a qualitative descriptive approach, this study analyzed budgets and other financial information from 10 selected villages in Banda Aceh. The villages were affected by the 2004 tsunami. A survey and series of interviews were conducted to obtain a more detailed understanding of why the villages do or do not allocate sufficient disaster budget allocations. This study unveils that the villages allocated a very small disaster budgets ranging from 0.00 to 0.88% of their total budget. The disaster budgets were mainly allocated as cash financial assistance to disaster victims, rather than as preventive programs. The reasons behind the small allocation to disaster budgets in the villages are (1) disaster budget is not spent/used, (2) high dependence on the Banda Aceh city in term of disaster management, (3) very strict financial regulations on the use of village funds, (4) insufficient Village Funds, and (5) lack of knowledge of DRR among village government officers. The result of this study can be used to improve the capacity of village apparatus in disaster management as well as to enhance the financing of DRR programs in Indonesia.