Jurnal Penelitian Kesejahteraan Sosial
Vol. 16 No. 4 (2017): Jurnal Penelitian Kesejahteraan Sosial

Poverty Reduction through Non-Cash Social Assistance

Soetji Andari (Balai Besar Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pelayanan Kesejahteraan Sosial (B2P3KS) Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Mar 2018

Abstract

The Ministry of Social of the Rep. of Indonesia launched a non-cash assistance program in liaise with Joint Business Groups (KUBE) and Hope Family Program (PKH) in the context of reducing poor society effort. It was a further stepand the government’s commitment to reduced poverty in Indonesia. The distribution of non-cash social assistance system is to prevent the one that is inappropriate in its quality and quantity. Some beneficiaries of Hope Family Program and a Through non-cash Welfare Rice Program (Rastra) attended to gather in a small shop / stall that was appointed as an electronic service provider stall (e-warong). This system is a way to prevent mala-practices of social assistance distribution and to ensure its effectiveness in reaching the target, the amount and the time allocation. This research used a qualitative approach as it was conducted to know the implementation of the non-cash social assistance in Kediri District and that of in Madiun District. The result of the research showed that it needed either legality in its implementation of e-warong, and some technical managerial assistance for the e-warong managers, and also it needed some support of internet network facilitiy and its infra-structures.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jpks

Publisher

Subject

Social Sciences

Description

The social welfare research journal focuses on writing materials which is an article that discuss results of research related to social welfare issues, divides scientific thought and reviews of research results in the field of social welfare. Publication of researchs have impact on the prospect of ...