DEPENDENCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ON TRANSFER FUND (Study of Riau Islands Province) Oksep Adhayanto (a), Nazaki (a), Nanik Rahmawati (a), Bismar Arianto (a), Mexsasai Indra (b), Irman (a), Nurhasanah (a)
(a) Raja Ali Haji of Maritime University
(b) University of Riau
Abstract
Local governments make every effort to increase the Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget. The Riau Islands Provincial Government received a transfer of about 2 trillion to support development. This study seeks to analyze how the local government is dependent in this context the Riau Islands Provincial Government on transfer funds. The research method used is descriptive qualitative research with a literature study approach. The conclusion obtained in this study is that the Riau Islands Provincial Government^s dependence on transfer funds is still very large. For this reason, the Riau Islands Provincial Government continues to seek to explore the original potential of the region in order to increase Regional Original Income.
Keywords: Local Government- Transfer Funds- Local Revenue
