Village Road Quality and Accessibility on Transforming Rural Development

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Existing studies on rural development in developing countries emphasize the importance of basic infrastructure, such as roads, rails, water transportation, and electricity (Bakht, 2000;Do & Park, 2018;Fan & Zhang, 2004;Gafarso & Tufa, 2019;Lokshin & Yemtsov, 2005;Nakamura et al., 2020;Rammelt & Leung, 2017; United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UN DESA), 2021).In Indonesia, villages' infrastructure has become one of the government's program priorities, indicated by the high allocation of village funds for this sector.The village fund allocation for public infrastructure development reached 67.4% (The World Bank, 2019).The majority of public infrastructure built in the villages in the last five years has been roads and bridges.From the overall village funds allocated to infrastructure, the share of road and bridge construction funds reached 70.6%.
Data on village road quality and accessibility are available from Potensi Desa (PODES) or Village Potentials, a village head survey covering all villages in Indonesia.The Statistics Indonesia conducts this survey three times every ten years.Figure 1 exhibits PODES data in 2010, 2013, and 2017 issued respectively in 2011, 2014, and 2018 on the road infrastructure status, including the road quality by type of surface and road accessibility.Concerning the surface condition of village roads, Figure 1 panel (a) illustrates an increase in paved or concrete roads, while gravel and earth or other roads with lower quality decreased during 2010, 2013, and 2017.Over the same period, the number of villages with roads accessible for four-wheeled vehicles increased (panel b). Figure 1 depicts an overall improvement in the quality and accessibility of village roads.
The rural economic development in Indonesia can also reflect the evolution of the agricultural sector for village communities.According to PODES data from 2010 to 2017, given that the dominant sector refers to the leading work (sector) for most village residents, the agricultural sector remained dominant in more than 90% of the villages.The PODES data revealed that agriculture-based villages accounted for 94.21%, 93.86%, and 92.89% of all villages in 2010, 2013, and 2017.A decline in the share of agriculture-based villages indicates the rural community transformation.Rural transformation is defined as a comprehensive change in rural communities where they have diverse economic choices and reduce their dependence on agriculture (Barrios, 2008;Berdegué et al., 2013;Jayne et al., 2011;Kruseman et al., 2020).However, the decline in agricultural dominance does not imply a decrease in productivity of the agricultural sector but is more due to the rapid increase in other sectors.Rising productivity should be gained in both agricultural and non-agricultural sectors (the two are interrelated) (Timmer, 2009).In this case, rural transformation is a stage of the rural community development toward a better economy (Kruseman et al., 2020).However, rural transformation without increasing agriculture will not result in development (Majumdar, 2020).
Rural economies can be fast-evolved and driven by urbanization and improvement of agricultural productivity (Asher & Novosad, 2020;Belton & Filipski, 2019;Fan & Zhang, 2004;Hwang et al., 2018;Imai et al., 2017;Shamdasani, 2021;UN DESA, 2021).Highquality infrastructure in a village may not only drive the village's economy, heavily reliant on agriculture, but also encourage the development of the non-agricultural sector (UN DESA, 2021).The success of unlocking agricultural potential through the development of nonagricultural products and services, as explained by Jayne et al. (2011), accelerates the rural economic transformation (Nakamura et al., 2020, United Nations, 2021).
Given the preceding context, this study tries to determine whether the quality and accessibility of villages' infrastructure in Indonesia affect village development.This study specifically investigated whether road quality and accessibility of other infrastructures have contributed to the evolution of the Indonesian rural economy.The novelty of this study is an assessment of rural infrastructure, disaggregated by type of infrastructure, and how this infrastructure could influence rural development transformation.In this context, a limited number of studies have addressed rural development transformation in Indonesia.Furthermore, this study also constructed longitudinal microdata, the village-level data referring to the smallest administrative level, by merging PODES data from 2011, 2014, and 2018.

Data Collection
This study utilized the micro dataset of PODES in 2011, 2014, and 2018, issued by the Statistics Indonesia.PODES data represent the condition of the smallest unit of the village government.The 2011 PODES represents the data from 2010, the 2014 PODES denotes the 2013 data, and the 2018 PODES reflects the 2017 data unless otherwise stated in the survey.The initial PODES compiled panel data totaled 244,083 observation units (villages).After some adjustments to make the sample more robust, only 181,050 (74.18%) of the overall villages in PODES data were employed.These 181,050 villages were derived from the following adjustments: (1) dropping the villages that have changed sub-districts (kecamatan), (2) excluding the villages if they are new or have expanded or separated throughout observations, (3) dropping the villages due to a change in their code without a clear explanation, (4) dropping the villages changing government type to urban villages (kelurahan) or vice versa, (5) excluding urban villages (kelurahan), and (6) dropping the villages with the dominance of the mining sector because this study focused merely on the agriculture sector transformation.
After analyzing quantitatively, the findings were enriched by further discussions with several practitioners from government officials.This study gathered information from the Ministry of Village, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration, Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Cultural Affairs, Finance and Development Supervisory Agency, and local governments.The well-experienced respondents spread across Indonesia's provinces and regencies.Interviews were also conducted with some local governments comprehending regional characteristics, issues, and potential resources.Their experiences benefit this study in providing insights into real cases faced by rural communities.

Variables of Study
This study focused on changes in the dominant agricultural sector in the villages as an outcome variable.Dummy (binary value) variables of the dominant sector were constructed, in which villagers work in agriculture and non-agriculture.This binary value was applied because rural transformation is marked by a change in the dominant working sector from the agricultural sector to non-agricultural goods and services (Berdegué et al., 2013;Jayne et al., and Rural Development Research 2011).At the country level, economic transformation refers to a change in the economic structure from the primary sector to the secondary or tertiary one.However, this study was primarily concerned with rural development, dominated by agriculture; hence, it focused on changes in the agriculture sector, leaving out other primary sectors, such as mining.
Infrastructure accessibility as the variable of interest was included as an explanatory variable.Village road infrastructure, in several studies, has been empirically proven to positively affect village development and transformation (Asher & Novosad, 2020;Bakht, 2000;Gafarso & Tufa, 2019;Lokshin & Yemtsov, 2005;UN DESA, 2021).As the proxies for infrastructure accessibility, the accessibility in the villages, the type of road surface, and all seasonal accessibility for four-wheeled vehicles, were included.Concerning the first proxy-the accessibility in the villages, a dummy variable of traffic traversed by land access (1) and water (0), was designed, considering Indonesia's geography being an archipelago.The second proxy deals with the type of road surface, divided into three categories: paved or concrete, gravel or hardening stone, and earth or others such as wood or board.The third proxy represents the road affordability for four-wheeled vehicles throughout the season.It was based on Calderon & Serven (2010), measuring the accessibility of transportation by looking at the affordability of citizens to access transportation, whether it can be accessed all-season or not.In this context, access to four-wheeled vehicles throughout the year is essential to increase the benefits of using roads for economic activities.
Other types of infrastructure as explanatory variables encompassed electricity coverage, economic facilities, ICT infrastructure, flatland topography, and availability of water or irrigation.Electricity coverage becomes the critical infrastructure influencing the development of non-agriculture business units (Gibson & Olivia, 2010;UN DESA, 2021).A favorable agroclimatic condition would benefit farmers (Davis et al., 2017).Moreover, expanding market access would increase village economic growth (Bakht, 2000;Rammelt & Leung, 2017;UN DESA, 2021).Aside from physical infrastructure, ICT also plays a vital role in village development (UN DESA, 2021).

Estimation Model
Measuring the impact of infrastructure development is difficult for economists and policymakers (Asher & Novosad, 2020).It is because infrastructure policies involve various administrative levels of government and identify the type of infrastructure that can directly affect the outcome of interest, as the impact of infrastructure is mostly through complex channels.Regarding the interconnected level of government policies that may play a role, it can be recognized that many policies at the central and local levels influence village development policies.For example, the construction of village roads can be funded by various programs and sources of funds.However, since this study did not evaluate a specific type of program, the interrelated issues of government policies were irrelevant.
On the issue of the appropriate level of data and type of infrastructure, this study provided adjustments by assessing the output of rural infrastructure as an aggregate.This study employed micro-level PODES data to capture the general condition of rural infrastructure Village Road Quality and Accessibility …..
(Kamaludin and Qibthiyyah) output every three years.The data were presented up to the smallest level of government, at the village level, considered to have less bias than the aggregated higher administrative level data, given that the outcome assessed was village agricultural sector transformation.Furthermore, this study explored and included the extensive type of rural infrastructure to incorporate the plausibility of different channels through which it could affect rural development.
For the analysis, an estimation was conducted as Formula 1.
ln ( The panel logit model was applied for this equation, where the ln ( ) is the natural logarithm of the odds ratio in the observation villages i in the period of t.Land represents the accessibility to reach the villages.The 4wheels denotes the accessibility of fourwheeled vehicles in all seasons, both in the binary value.For the δ surface representing the type of road surface, dummy (k-1) variables were utilized as they contained categorical values.
The X signifies control variables, encompassing electricity coverage, economic facilities, ICT infrastructure, flatland topography, and availability of water or irrigation.To control the potential bias, the year dummy of the (t-1) PODES period and the (p-1) provincial dummy were employed.The idea of using this control aimed to accommodate the possibility of differences in the characteristics of each province and period.The u i indicates a random effect assumed to be independent, and the e it refers to an error term.
In this study, a Random-Effect (RE) Panel Logit model was utilized to estimate residual variables' relationship with time variance and observation characteristics.The unit of analysis (N) totaling 181,050 villages was undoubtedly higher than the time series (T) of only three periods.The RE model helps accommodate other things or uncertainties affecting the dependent variable but cannot be explained by the explanatory variable (Mok et al., 2010).
Regarding this study, the RE Panel Logit model incorporated the specific explanatory variable of interest, referring to the road quality (type of road surface) variable.The road surface variable in the PODES referred to the dominant road surface condition in the villages.It did not specify the length or the number of roads.For example, the same data of paved or concrete roads in the 2013 and 2017 PODES could be referred to as an improvement of existing roads in terms of longer roads (i.e., road length).In contrast, there could be deterioration for the same data of paved or concrete roads, even though the dominant condition was still paved or concrete.The data were captured as the same.If using the Fixed Effect (FE) model and this condition is met, and the outcomes are the same, this condition is considered constant; thus, the estimation results will be omitted.As a consequence, the number of observations may drop too much.However, using the RE model provided a more significant number of observations.and Rural Development Research

Effect of Increasing Accessibility of Transportation Infrastructure
This study conducted several steps to estimate the Logit model.Initially, a bivariate analysis was performed to test the candidate of independent variables used to estimate the outcome or dependent variable.In a brief overview, the bivariate analysis revealed that all variables: village accessibility, road surface type, four-wheeled vehicle access, electrical infrastructure coverage, flatland topography, irrigation, marketplace availability, presence of Base Transceiver Station (BTS) towers, and cell phone signal strength, qualified as independent variables.Subsequently, these variables were combined into a multivariate model using an advanced selection technique by gradually adding control variables.Table 1 exhibits the estimation results.to transform the rural agricultural sector due to the insignificant coefficient.The road surface variable (earth or other, gravel, and paved or concrete) generated a different effect.The road surfaced by earth or other was used as a baseline.The road surface of paved or concrete increased the probability of village transformation to the non-agricultural sector, with a significance level of 0.1%.Furthermore, the variable of road accessibility of four-wheeled vehicles enhanced the probability of expanding or shifting village activities to the nonagricultural sector, with a 5% significance level.
Other types of infrastructure, such as electricity coverage, land topography, market or grocery facilities, BTS towers, and cellular signal quality, significantly affected the probability of the village shifting to the non-agricultural sector, with a significance level of these six variables of about 0.1%.Nevertheless, the availability of irrigation significantly influenced the probability of surviving in the agricultural sector.Table 2 displays the estimation results of the odds ratio and the marginal effect of the seventh model.The odds ratio refers to the probability of shifting to the non-agricultural sector compared to the probability of surviving in the agricultural sector.The higher the odds ratio (more than 1), the more likely the village will evolve into the non-agricultural sector.Table 2 demonstrates that the road surface of paved or concrete had a probability of shifting the village to the non-agricultural sector 1.82 times greater than surviving in the agricultural sector.Similarly, road access to four-wheeled vehicles acquired a 1.56 times higher probability of shifting the village to the non-agricultural sector.
In addition, estimates of marginal effects are also required for policy implications (Karaca-Mandic et al., 2012).Concerning this study's estimation results, increasing the road and Rural Development Research surface to paved or concrete enhanced the probability of the village expanding to the nonagricultural sector by 1.2%.Changes to the four-wheeled vehicle's road access throughout the year increased the probability of shifting to the non-agricultural sector by 0.9%.These findings are in line with other studies proving that road improvement could accelerate the structural transformation of villages (Asher & Novosad, 2020;UN DESA, 2021).Further discussion with the respondents revealed the simplicity of the transformation.Only a few villages could transform and develop their economy.It can be seen from the low marginal effect.Nevertheless, a high significance level would bring optimism for improving the rural economy.
In order to accelerate transformation, road infrastructure must be supported by other factors, including human resources (education) (Nguyen et al., 2020), government intervention in agriculture (Timmer, 2015), job opportunities (Nguyen et al., 2020), or land reform (Deininger et al., 2014).Other variables in this study, such as increasing electricity coverage, increased the probability of shifting to the non-agricultural sector by 0.05%.This result is consistent with previous studies disclosing that electricity coverage was essential to influence the development of non-agriculture business units (Gibson & Olivia, 2010;UN DESA, 2021).The flatland topography boosted the probability of the village shifting to the non-agricultural sector by 1.8%.The existence of the market or groceries enhanced the probability of transformation to the non-agricultural sector by 0.8%, in line with prior studies (Bakht, 2000;Rammelt & Leung, 2017;UN DESA, 2021).The construction of BTS towers and the improvement of the good cellular signal increased the probability of a change in the non-agricultural sector by 1.4% and 1.7%, supported by a previous study (UN DESA, 2021).On the other hand, the availability of irrigation was more likely to keep the agricultural sector as the leading working sector by 0.8%.It is reasonable to insist that favorable agro-climatic conditions benefit agriculture (Davis et al., 2017).
Furthermore, following the discussion with the respondents, it is clear that many variables influenced rural development, not only those examined in this study.The government's programs, such as government intervention, were highly required to regulate agricultural products, fertilizer subsidiaries, production equipment support, price intervention, education, health care, and labor activities.

Effect of Increasing Road Infrastructure Accessibility in Java-Bali vs Outer Islands
Given the disparity in infrastructure quality and diverse characteristics of Indonesia's territory (Faoziyah & Salim, 2020;Gibson & Olivia, 2010;Sari & Yudhistira, 2021), this study divided the observation into two major groups, villages located in Java-Bali and those outside these islands.Road surface conditions and quality in Java-Bali were relatively higher than those outside these islands.Moreover, Java-Bali is the center of Indonesia's national economy, which fared better than other islands in Indonesia (Afifah et al., 2018;Suprayitno & Pradiptyo, 2017).The respondents' statements unveiled generally deplorable infrastructure outside Java-Bali.As asserted by the West Papuan respondents, the infrastructure in West Papua has deteriorated over the last ten years.Services and infrastructure quality tend to worsen in remote rural areas (Abate et al., 2020;UN DESA, 2021).
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Table 3 illustrates Java-Bali's better infrastructure than those outside these islands.The value of 1 for dummy land access indicates that the entire villages in Java-Bali could be accessed by land.The road surface had three categorical values, reflecting the quality of the roads: 1 for roads covered by earth or others, 2 for gravel, and 3 for paved or concrete.The mean values of 2.871 for Java-Bali and 2.435 for outside these islands signify that Java-Bali possessed more areas with paved or concrete roads than other islands.Likewise, other variables, such as roads with four-wheeled vehicle access, were also better in Java-Bali than in other islands.The road infrastructure in Java-Bali was better, but there was also less variation (disparity) in the availability of this infrastructure.It also applied to other types of infrastructure.The electricity coverage, availability of water or irrigation, market economy infrastructure, and ICT infrastructure in Java-Bali were better than those outside these islands.4 portrays the slightly different results of the two sub-sample estimations and displays that the variable of land-road access in Java-Bali obtained an estimated coefficient of close to 0 because traffic access from and to the villages was almost 100% passable by land, and the outcome variance was equal to 0. Furthermore, this access affected the probability of surviving in agriculture in areas outside Java-Bali.However, the effect was insignificant.The variable of road access to four-wheeled vehicles passable throughout the year outside Java-Bali increased the probability of the non-agricultural sector.Nevertheless, the effect was negligible in Java-Bali.
Following the marginal effect measurement, the effect on road-related infrastructure differed in Java-Bali and outside these islands (Table 5).Road-land access to and from villages in Java-Bali did not have any effect because the areas accessible by land reached almost 100%.Likewise, for roads with four-wheeled vehicle access, the effect was insignificant.The respondents agreed that road accessibility in Java-Bali villages was adequate.Improving the road surface quality of paved or concrete was one of the policies applicable in the villages both within and outside Java-Bali.However, the marginal effect of road surface improvement in Java-Bali was higher, at 5.73%, than outside these islands, solely 0.501%.This result implies that the elasticity of the paved or concrete road improvement in Java-Bali was higher in affecting the transformation of the rural agricultural sector (Abate et al., 2020;UN DESA, 2021).A discussion with the respondents revealed that these findings seemed reasonable.The better infrastructure and resources, the faster the village economy accelerated.There is a possibility of a faster transformation in Java-Bali due to better economic resources, distance to urban markets, flows of goods and services to and from cities, the quality Village Road Quality and Accessibility …..
(Kamaludin and Qibthiyyah) of local infrastructure and public services, the natural resource base, population density, and higher people's capacity (UN DESA, 2021).
Meanwhile, substantial infrastructure requirements and lower human resource capability have resulted in low infrastructure utilization outside Java-Bali, requiring inclusive and equitable development (Abate et al., 2020;Calderon & Serven, 2010).Despite the low marginal effect, the high significance level fostered optimism to boost the rural economy.
For other infrastructure variables, the marginal effects of the two regions were more similar.The increase in electricity coverage both within and outside Java-Bali escalated the probability of the non-agricultural sector as the villages' dominant sector by 0.037% and 0.034%, as affirmed by previous studies (Gibson & Olivia, 2010;UN DESA, 2021).The flat topography of the villages increased the probability of the non-agricultural sector as the dominant sector of each village in Java-Bali by 3.08%, slightly higher than outside Java-Bali by 0.122% (Bakht, 2000;Rammelt & Leung, 2017;UN DESA, 2021).In both regions, increasing the availability of market or groceries facilities enhanced the probability of the nonagricultural village dominant sector by 0.65% and 0.79%, respectively.Moreover, the availability of BTS towers in Java-Bali increased the probability of the non-agricultural sector by 2.25%, slightly higher than outside Java-Bali by 0.1%.Similarly, improving the cellular signal quality increased the probability of the dominant non-agricultural sector by 2.51% in Java-Bali, slightly higher than outside these islands by 1.12%.The availability of water or irrigation advanced the probability of the agricultural sector as the villages' dominant sector by 0.93% in Java-Bali and 0.67% outside these islands.

FIGURE 2. FARMER EXCHANGE RATES IN JAVA-BALI AND OUTSIDE
An essential thing to remember is that agricultural productivity plays a vital role in rural transformation (Jayne et al., 2011;UN DESA, 2021).Adequate infrastructure would increase agricultural productivity (Kamei & Sasaki, 2016;Narayanamoorthy & Hanjra, 2006).Two preconditions are required to build transformation to be more sustainable: substantial gains in agricultural productivity and the ability to expand into the non-agricultural sector (Chang et al., 2006;Haggblade et al., 2010;UN DESA, 2021).It means the higher the agriculture productivity, the higher the probability of sustainably transforming.Higher productivity will be followed by the increased purchasing power of millions of small farmers (Jayne et al., 2011).Figure 2 depicts Java-Bali's higher farmer exchange rates (Nilai Tukar Petani -NTP) as an indicator of farmer welfare than outside these islands.It is one factor underlying the higher marginal effect of Java-Bali in increasing the probability of transformation.

Robustness Check
This study employed a clustered standard error of observation villages to obtain a more precise standard error estimate.The estimation results in Table 1 underwent the robust standard error test.Table 6 displays the comparison between estimation before and after robust.After each village was clustered, the resulting standard error was higher than before robust.In other words, the roadland access variable from and to the villages, type of road surface, road with four-wheeled vehicle access, electricity coverage, flat topography, irrigation, market presence, presence of BTS towers, and cellular signal, were undervalued.The use of robust standard error did not change the magnitude of the coefficient for each variable, but it improved their significance.

Policy Implication
These estimation results unveiled a signal of transformation of the village agricultural sector influenced by the accessibility and quality of villages' infrastructure (Asher & Novosad, 2020;UN DESA, 2021).These findings can be linked to the government's policy on village development through village funds (Undang-Undang (UU) Nomor 6 Tahun 2014 Tentang Desa, 2014).President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, has stated that rural infrastructure has become a foundation of development for Indonesia.Since 2015, the Government of  (Arham & Hatu, 2020;The World Bank, 2019).According to the Minister of Finance, implementing the village funds has benefited the community, especially in the infrastructure sector (www.kemenkeu.go.id).
The quality of road-related infrastructure and its accessibility in Java-Bali, in the case of road land access and road access to four-wheeled vehicles throughout the year, were adequate, thus, no longer necessitating to be a priority.However, road surface improvement in paved or concrete was necessary.The increased paved or concrete road surface in Java-Bali acquired a higher marginal effect than outside these islands.Moreover, due to the size and possible shorter evolution of rural economic transformation, facilitating to an extent by a better level of agricultural productivity, villages in Java-Bali are likely to experience faster growth in the non-agricultural sector (UN DESA, 2021).
For villages outside Java-Bali, road-related infrastructure development should focus on improving road quality, thereby increasing the number of villages with paved or concrete roads, and ensuring the road accessibility of four-wheeled vehicles throughout the year.This improvement is highly required for inclusive and equitable development (Abate et al., 2020;Calderon & Serven, 2010).The government should prioritize low-quality and rural road infrastructure investment strategy (Fan & Chan-Kang, 2005).Meanwhile, road access through the villages should no longer be a priority due to the topography outside Java-Bali, consisting of many coastlines (Faoziyah & Salim, 2020).
Subsequently, market, irrigation, BTS towers, and cellular signal quality are crucial both within Java-Bali and outside.However, the provision of such infrastructure must consider both resources and the level of government delivering it.Relatively affordable infrastructure, such as the construction of village dams, small-scale electricity, and village markets, could be funded by village funds.However, more extensive infrastructure, such as reservoirs or lakes, large-scale markets, and large-scale electricity, as well as those beyond capacity, such as the provision of BTS towers, and cellular networks, could be coordinated with government agencies, state-owned enterprises, and the private sector to provide it.

CONCLUSION Conclusion
This study revealed that the accessibility and quality of road infrastructure increased the probability of village agricultural sector transformation.Paved or concrete roads and roads with year-round four-wheeled vehicle access significantly increased the likelihood of village agricultural sector transformation.Other independent variables, encompassing electricity coverage, flatland topography, trade facilities of markets or groceries, ICT infrastructure of BTS towers, and the quality of the cellular network, significantly enhanced the opportunity for transformation.Meanwhile, the availability of water or irrigation significantly affected the probability of surviving in the agricultural sector.
As an infrastructure gap existed in Java-Bali and outside these islands, the study discovered a slightly different effect of infrastructure development on the probability of transformation in the two regions.In Java-Bali, the improvement of village road quality to paved or concrete surfaces significantly influenced the transformation probability and even obtained a higher marginal effect than the areas outside these islands.However, land access to and from the villages and road access to four-wheeled vehicles throughout the year did not significantly affect the agricultural sector transformation for villages in Java-Bali due to their adequate infrastructure.
For villages outside Java-Bali, road surface and access to four-wheeled vehicles significantly increased the probability of shifting to the non-agricultural sector (Rozaki, 2020).However, the marginal effect of increasing paved or concrete road surface on transformation acceleration was lower than in Java-Bali.Meanwhile, road-land access to and from the villages in the two regions did not significantly influence the probability of shifting to the nonagricultural sector.
Other types of infrastructure, covering the electricity coverage, marketplace or groceries, availability of BTS towers, and quality of the cellular network, both within and outside Java-Bali, increased the probability of village agricultural sector transformation significantly.In contrast, the availability of water or irrigation in both regions significantly affected survival in the agricultural sector.

Recommendation
Following this research, the effect of developing transportation accessibility could accelerate economic transformation.The policymakers (in this case, under the authority of the Ministry of Rural Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration) should continue prioritizing the development of transportation infrastructure.However, it is necessary to differentiate the treatment between Java-Bali and outside these islands.In the case of road land access and road access to four-wheeled vehicles throughout the year, Java-Bali should no longer be a priority due to their adequate transportation.Unfortunately, it was not the case outside Java-Bali.Nevertheless, the priority of increasing paved or concrete roads could be continued for areas within and outside Jave-Bali.Furthermore, improved paved or concrete roads in Java-Bali possessed a higher marginal effect than outside these islands.
Other infrastructure developments should also be considered, including village electricity coverage services, irrigation, economic infrastructure, and ITC infrastructure.The village government should improve these types of infrastructure following their authority and budget.Affordable infrastructure, such as small-scale electricity resources, small dams, agricultural irrigation, and market development, could be built independently by the village government.Moreover, infrastructure development exceeding the capacity of the village government, such as large or massive electricity supply, large-scale reservoirs, and ICT infrastructure requiring a large budget or high technology, should be carried out in collaboration with other government agencies, state-owned enterprises, or the private sector.

Limitation of study
This study utilized PODES data with a long enough time range, reaching three to four years (three times in 10 years).PODES has been considered relevant considering the period of data and the choice of the outcome of interest.Agricultural sector transformation is a relative evolution and thus viewed not as an annual event.Nonetheless, there is a limitation regarding the set of variables and indicators used in this study.The characteristics of the PODES data provide general information on the dominant sector in the villages and only refer to a simple question directed to the village heads.Exact measures, such as the number of villagers with the main work activities in specific sectors, are unavailable.Therefore, the measurement is limited to the village status or rural development and not to the more specific measures of sectoral welfare improvement.

FIGURE 1 .
FIGURE 1. VILLAGE ROAD SURFACE CONDITION AND ALL SEASONAL ACCESSIBILITY OF FOUR-WHEELED VEHICLES.

TABLE 1 .
THE ESTIMATION RESULTS OF THE LOGIT MODEL FOR PANEL DATATable 1 displays a full model in column 7. The variable of interest, transportation accessibility, was indicated by three variables: land traffic, road surface, and road accessibility for four-wheeled vehicles.The variable of village access to land traffic variable was inadequate Village Road Quality and Accessibility …..

TABLE 3 .
THE INFRASTRUCTURE GAP BETWEEN JAVA-BALI AND OUTSIDE

TABLE 5 .
THE MARGINAL EFFECT ESTIMATION RESULTS IN JAVA-BALI AND OUTSIDE

TABLE 6 .
THE ROBUSTNESS OF STANDARD ERROR Village Road Quality and Accessibility ….. Indonesia has disbursed IDR 257 trillion of village funds, comprising IDR 20.7 trillion in 2015, IDR 47 trillion in 2016, IDR 60 trillion in 2017, IDR 60 trillion in 2018, and IDR 70 trillion in 2019.During those periods, the village funds were prioritized for infrastructure development, with the total development output increasing significantly , the government has shifted the main priority to handle the pandemic (Peraturan Menteri Keuangan Republik Indonesia Nomor 17/PMK.07/2021Tentang Pengelolaan Transfer Ke Daerah Dalam Rangka Mendukung Penanganan Pandemi Corona Virus Disease (Covid-19) Dan Dampaknya, 2021;