Accelerating the achievement of participatory rural appraisal based MDGs through empowerment of human resources

The study aims to analyze the implementation of poverty reduction through human resource empowerment for optimization of community development using participatory rural appraisal methods. The analysis was done by comparing the implementation of all poverty reduction programs implemented at the field with Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) method, resulting in poverty reduction methods based on real problems and potential of particular areas. Descriptive analysis was performed to determine the qualitative response of local government officials, on the perception of Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) success. The results showed that human resource development of local government officials were still not optimally implemented for poverty alleviation activities. The method of poverty alleviation activities was made based on charity, so it has been difficult to justify the sustainability of the program. The achievement of MDG's was already managed quantitatively, but qualitatively it still needed to be improved, especially in the field of public health care in general—that was for MDG's achievement on number four, five, and six. According to the respondents’ perception, legal means to preserve the environment have not been implemented