ABSTRACT: Management of village funds provided by the government to improve the welfare and equitable distribution of village development through the improvement of public services in the village, advancing the village economy, overcoming the development gap between villages and strengthening the village community as the subject of development. This research uses qualitative approaches with variant case studies and interactive data analysis with data collection stages, data reduction, data presentation, withdrawal of conclusions. The results showed that there was a difference in the effectiveness of village funds management in improving village infrastructure in transmigration villages with non-transmigration villages. Village transmigration in the management of village funds is more effective than non-transmigration villages in the handling of programs, target, program satisfaction and achievement of objectives

KEYWORDS – effectiveness, village funds, village infrastructure