Poverty Alleviation in Local Political Approach in North Aceh Regency Aceh Province, Indonesia

Abstract

North Aceh Regency is one of Regencies in Aceh Province that has most of the poor, refers to the data for Development of Acehnnese Society (IdeAs) in 2017 that North Aceh becomes the poorest Regency in Aceh with the number of 115,06 people or 19, 46% from its total population. This condition is very contradictory if it is compared to the its natural wealth, and its status as special autonomous region in Indonesia. Various efforts has been done to overcome drastic increase of poverty however but they have not been found the right solution. This research uses Explorative Qualitative approach, that try to analyze the efforts of poverty alleviation in North Aceh in Local Political Approach. Data source was obtained from interviews, observation and documentation, then it was processed with interactive model, informant in this research was decided purposively. The results of research show that the efforts of poverty alleviation which have been done by North Aceh Government are still incrementally and centralized so that have not utilized their local political power that they had, realization of activities that they have been done so far focused on national programs from central government, and it has been not undertaken collaborative and connection efforts with programs of region. The Recommendation that is given to this problem with all elements of colossal actions of government in local region through direct political policy such as the forming of Baitul Mal at village level, extended coordination expansion between work units that involved and make national programs connection and region program immediately to create more comprehensive and structurized efforts.