Poverty Alleviation Strategy

The issue of poverty is multidimensional, meaning it is not only related to economic limitations but also the lack of access to education, health and other dimensions. Therefore, poverty alleviation must be multisectoral

Poverty alleviation has always been the main focus of development. Indonesia itself succeeded in reducing the poverty rate from the range of 40 percent in the mid-1970s down to 9.22 percent in 2019. During this period, the poverty rate increased, especially during the 1997-1998 and 2006-2007 crises.

The same thing happened during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the poverty rate increasing to 9.78 percent in March 2020 and 10.19 percent in September 2020. The trend of decreasing poverty in the last four decades as well as an increase in poverty in several "crisis" periods shows that poverty and welfare issues are very dynamic. In addition, the issue of poverty is also multidimensional, meaning it is not only related to economic limitations but also the lack of access to education and health, and other dimensions.