A Successful Study of the Government's Poverty Alleviation Approach to the Coastal Poor for Education Aspect in Bau-Bau City, Southeast Sulawesi

Abstract

Poverty is more common in rural areas than in urban areas. Even though there has been a decrease in poverty, this has not been followed by a decrease in disparities or gaps between cities and rural areas.  So,the government's poverty alleviation approach tends to be the same (G2P) between urban and rural areas. This should have an even impact on reducing poverty and regional disparities especially fo education aspect. bymixed research (mixed method) between qualitative and quantitative research, the reseach tried to answer How successful is the distribution of assistance to the poor in coastal cities in the education sector in Baubau City, Southeast Sulawesi Province?.  The data showed that the distribution of social assistance for the G2P scheme to urban coastal poor households in Baubau City for the education sector was categorized as "successful or on target", but had not reached the "very successful or very targeted" category as expected by TNP2K. This result also answers the first hypothesis that the distribution of assistance to poor households in urban coastal areas is "successful".  In accordance with the results of the analysis (strengths and weaknesses) and referring to the benefits to be achieved, there are several suggestions put forward practically and conceptually/theoretically. distribution of aid by taking into account the results of this study (advantages and disadvantages of the distribution process) so that in the future the distribution process will be even better.