Analysis and Strategy to Accelerate Urban Poverty in Central Kalimantan Province

Abstract

Nowadays, poverty is a global and national issue, so it is still a concern for many parties. Poverty rate in Central Region of Kalimantan is relatively low at national scale. One of the factors contributing to such condition is inadequate budget from the central and regional government to support poverty eradication program. Such conditions are the focus of this research. This is a qualitative research using descriptive-analysis method. This research uses relevant secondary data. The result of this research reveals that the central and regional governments ofThe Central Region of Kalimantan should continuously improve the people's welfare in the region by formulating new strategies such as creating job opportunities, business opportunities to low income people, and allocatingmore budget coming from regional and central government. The regional government should also protect the poor by identifying and developing the potentials of local economy and productive efforts to boost the people's income. Coordination on the policy and program between the central and regional governments is particularly helpful in eradicating poverty in Central Region of Borneo.