Poverty Reduction Policies and Problems in Medan City

Beby Masitho Batubara

Abstract


Various poverty problems that arise in the city of Medan such as the number of job seekers are greater than the number of jobs, the increasing number of births that affect the number of people and working age who do not have the skills and abilities in the world of work are factors that increase the number of poor people in the city of Medan. The purpose of this study is to analyze the policies and problems of poverty alleviation in Medan City, using qualitative methods. which aims to describe, summarize the various conditions of the situation of various variables that arise in society to be the object of research. One of the policies developed and implemented in tackling poverty is the Regional Government Regulation Number .5 of 2015 concerning Poverty Reduction in the City of Medan. However, the actualization of the poverty alleviation policy did not provide a significant change in reducing the population in Medan City. coordination and responsibility. Policy evaluation is the main key to be able to reduce the number of poor groups in the following years.

Keywords— Poverty, Policy, Problems


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.52155/ijpsat.v30.2.4042

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