Mechanism of incentives and accountability in rural institutions: Regional context in global dimensions of SDGS

This study aims to analyze the extent to which government incentives and village accountability contribute to village development in Indonesia. The achievement of the Village Development Index (VDI) consists of three dimensions: social resilience, economic resilience, and environmental resilience. These indicators align with the goals of achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The research was conducted using village data from Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The data were obtained from 303 villages and sourced from the Central Sulawesi Statistics Agency. The results of the study show that village accountability and government incentives through the village fund have a positive effect on VDI. This finding is consistent with the differences in VDI measurements using both VDI scores and status. After exploring the dimensions based on VDI, this study also found that accountability had an impact on social resilience and economic resilience, while government incentives contributed to social resilience and environmental resilience. However, village assistance does not appear to have made a significant contribution to village development, and it has also been found that village development in Indonesia has not been evenly distributed in terms of topography. This research provides new insights about the relationship between government incentives, village accountability, and the achievement of SDGs in the rural context. It proposes the formation of accountable villages as one of the strategies and indicators for achieving SDGs in the rural areas of Indonesia.