LUKMANUL Hakim has been at a loss. When he received the instruction to use 30 percent of the village funds to mitigate the impacts of Covid-19, the village chief of Bantarsari, in Bogor, West Java, was instantly mystified by the list of village residents entitled to aid. “The number of recipients does not match the budget,” Lukmanul told Tempo on April 29.

The aid is called the village funds direct cash aid (BLTD). Overseen