Kemiskinan bersifat multidimensi, sehingga tidak hanya ditentukan oleh faktor ekonomi semata, tetapi juga oleh dimensi lain seperti pendidikan, kesehatan dan akses terhadap perumahan layak. Penelitian ini menganalisis faktor-faktor multidimensional yang mempengaruhi kemiskinan di Indonesia menggunakan teknik Fixed Effect Model. Dengan menggunakan data Survei Sosial Ekonomi Nasional (SUSENAS) ta…
Covid-19 has infected and will continue to infect millions of people all over the world. The economic impact is predicted to be large and millions of people will be pushed into poverty. In this paper, we estimate the impact of Covid-19 on poverty in Indonesia. The economic impact is expected to be severe, reducing the economic growth rate projected for 2020 from about 5% to between 4.2% and –…
The disparity in wealth both within and between nations has grown rapidly in recent years, and is becoming an increasingly significant issue in attempts to deal with environmental problems -- from international negotiations over climate change to local concerns about environmental justice.The Political Economy of Inequality offers an in-depth examination of the economic theory behind the causes…
This paper examines the unsettling stories of poverty from rural Indonesia in two films, Siti (2014) and Turah (2016). The concept of structural poverty enables a thorough analysis of these films’ depictions of poverty and the main characters’ reactions to the poverty they experience. This paper also employs the concept of gendered poverty to highlight how gender injustice perpetuates the…
As a pillar of Islam and an instrument for poverty alleviation, zakat is perceived as an effective tool for tackling the problem of poverty in the Muslim world. However, whether zakat is effective in improving indicators of both quantity and quality of poverty is still a question requiring empirical investigation. This study is aims to empirically investigate the role of impactful zakat in pove…
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We are all aware of the extreme hunger and poverty that afflict the world's poor. We hear the facts, see the images on television, buy the T-shirt and are moved as individuals and governments to dig deep into our pockets. Yet what happens to all this aid? Why after 50 years and $2.3 trillion are there still children dying for lack of twelve cents medicine? Why are there so many people still liv…
Hailed by Timeas one of the world's hundred most influential people, Jeffrey D. Sachs is renowned for his work around the globe advising economies in crisis. Now a classic of its genre, The End of Poverty distills more than thirty years of experience to offer a uniquely informed vision of the steps that can transform impoverished countries into prosperous ones. Marrying vivid storytelling with …
Jeffrey Sachs draws on his remarkable 25 years' experience to offer a thrilling and inspiring vision of the keys to economic success in the world today. Marrying vivid storytelling with acute analysis, he sets the stage by drawing a conceptual map of the world economy and explains why, over the past 200 years, wealth and poverty have diverged and evolved across the planet, and why the poorest n…
Since the end of World War II, economists have tried to figure out how poor countries in the tropics could attain standards of living approaching those of countries in Europe and North America. Attempted remedies have included providing foreign aid, investing in machines, fostering education, controlling population growth, and making aid loans as well as forgiving those loans on condition of re…
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This study examines the poverty alleviation efforts undertaken by the Islamic microfinance institutions (IMFIs) in Indonesia. We focused on the role played by the IMFIs in view of their direct involvements in the process of dealing with the borrowers, and their better understanding about the financial inclusion agenda as well as the financial guidelines and regulations issued by the relevant au…
Banyak temuan empiris yang menekankan pentingnya peran negara untuk menjaga kualitas institusinya karena akan memengaruhi proses penciptaan kesejahteraan bagi seluruh masyarakat di negara tersebut. Apabila negara tidak mampu menjaga kualitas institusinya, cepat atau lambat masyarakat akan semakin hidup sengsara, dan negara berada dibawah bayangan kegagalan. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini menco…
Masih terdapat disparitas tingkat fertilitas antarprovinsi dan antarkabupaten/kota di Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis asosiasi TFR dengan determinan demografi dan sosioekonomi, khususnya kemiskinan, dengan mempertimbangkan dependensi spasial antarkabupaten/kota. Hasil Spatial Durbin Model menunjukkan tingkat kemiskinan berpengaruh terhadap TFR bahkan setelah dikontrol variabel…
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