Indonesia mengimplementasikan konsep Community-Driven Development di wilayah perdesaan melalui Dana Desa sejak tahun 2015. Dana Desa menjadi salah satu instrumen untuk meminimalisasi dampak Covid-19 di wilayah perdesaan melalui kegiatan Padat Karya Tunai Desa dan Bantuan Langsung Tunai Dana Desa. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk memberikan gambaran evaluasi dampak Dana Desa dan BLT Dana Desa pada kesejahteraan ekonomi masyarakat perdesaan di setiap kuantil rumah tangga. Penelitian ini menggunakan data karakteristik 35.759 rumah tangga yang diperoleh dari data Susenas Maret & September 2020 yang disesuaikan dengan data Dana Desa di setiap wilayah kabupaten/kota. Data dianalisis menggunakan Smoothed Instrumental Variables Quantile Regression yang mampu mengatasi isu endogenitas dan menghasilkan estimasi yang robust. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Dana Desa dan BLT Dana Desa berdampak positif dan signifikan terhadap kesejahteraan masyarakat perdesaan, tetapi dampaknya lebih dirasakan oleh masyarakat lapisan menengah ke atas. Rumah tangga yang lebih banyak merasakan manfaat Dana Desa adalah rumah tangga di wilayah Sumatera, sedangkan rumah tangga yang lebih banyak merasakan manfaat BLT Dana Desa adalah rumah tangga di wilayah Jawa.

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Indonesia has implemented the concept of Community-Driven Development in rural areas through Village Funds since 2015. Village Funds are one of the instruments to minimize the impact of Covid-19 in rural areas through Village Cash Labor Intensive activities (Padat Karya Tunai Desa-PKTD) and Village Fund Cash Direct Assistance (Bantuan Langsung Tunai Dana Desa-BLT Dana Desa). This research was conducted to provide an overview of the impact evaluation of Village Funds and BLT Dana Desa on the economic well-being of rural communities in each household quintile. This study uses data on the characteristics of 35,759 households obtained from merging results of the March & September 2020 Susenas data with the Village Fund data in each district/city area. Data were analyzed using Smoothed Instrumental Variables Quantile Regression which was able to overcome endogeneity issues and produce robust estimates. The study results show that the Village Fund and BLT Dana Desa have a positive and significant impact on economic well-being of rural households, but their impact is felt more by the upper middle class. Households that benefit more from the Village Fund are households in the Sumatra region, while households that benefit more from BLT Dana Desa are households in the Java region.