Dr. Sitti Rahmawati,SE.M.Si, Sitti Fatimah, SE.

Abstract

Human as subject and object of development should be able to improve the quality of his life, and because of it the role of government and society is so needed. Human Development Index (HDI) is an index for measuring the welfare of society. This study aimed to analyze the effect of government expenditure financing elasticity in sector of health, education to human development in Palu city during the period 2005-2013. Data analysis used is the general function of elasticity. The calculation result showed the government’s financing expenditure in the health sector there is a relationship in an inelastic that the effect is relatively small (El <1) or less than 1 is equal to 0,018 to human development index (HDI), whereas in the education sector have a positive effect with the elasticity of the relatively low in elasticity (El <1) or less than 1 is equal to 0,032. Therefore, the government and society must improve the quality of human life through the increase of budget, population control, quality health care, educational training skills to reduce the maternal mortality rate and infant, reduce malnutrition, illiteracy in order to improve Indekx Human Development (HDI ).

Keywords: human development index, economic, health, education

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