Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan
Vol 19, No 2: October 2018

ANALYSIS OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN THE MUSTAHIK EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM IN PEKANBARU

Trianto, Budi (Unknown)
Nasution, Yasir (Unknown)
Siregar, Saparuddin (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Oct 2018

Abstract

This study aims to analyze poverty alleviation and financial inclusion in the mustahik em­powerment program in Pekanbaru. The samples involved in this study were 105 people drawn from four organizations of zakat in Pekanbaru. The analytical technique conducted using qualitative de­scriptive analysis. The results of this study show that the economic empowerment program conducted by zakat institutions in Pekanbaru has succeeded in alleviating the mustahik of the poverty line. Based on the World Bank's poverty line, there are 34.07% of successful out of poverty line. Meanwhile, if using the Government poverty line then there are 60.29% mustahik who managed to get out of the poverty line. However, this empowerment program has not been integrated with the sharia micro­finance institutions. Therefore, the empowerment program for mustahik should be integrated with Islamic microfinance to pursue successful financial inclusion for mustahik. 

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Journal Info

Abbrev

esp

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Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

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Jurnal Ekonomi & Studi Pembangunan (JESP) focuses on research papers relating to development economics and multidisciplinary concern to systemic problems in developing countries particularly using quantitative or theoretical work in which novelty is essential. JESP does not publish manuscripts in ...