Poverty Reduction Policy Model of Denpasar City Government

This research is entitled Denpasar City Government Poverty Reduction Policy Model which aims; (1) to map the results of the analysis of the Denpasar City Government's Poverty Reduction Policy, (2) to develop a projected poverty alleviation policy model in the future (2021-2025). This research applied qualitative approach by making a systematic, accurate and factual description of the Poverty Reduction Policy in the Denpasar City Government. The data were analyzed using A Nine-Step Process for Analyzing Qualitative Data (McNabb, 2002). The results of the study found that (1) institutional aspects, program aspects and funding aspects of poverty reduction program policies in the Denpasar City Government as a result of an analysis of poverty reduction policies (retrospective). From the institutional aspect, Poverty Reduction Policies are implemented based on nationally centralized institutions (top down) while from the aspect of poverty reduction policy programs, they are grouped into three poverty reduction programs based on social assistance and protection, poverty reduction programs based on community empowerment, and poverty reduction programs based on the empowerment of micro and small economic enterprises. From the aspect of funding allocation, only about 17% or six Regional Apparatus Organizations (OPD) allocate funds for poverty reduction programs. This study also carried out (2) a projected (prospective) model of Denpasar poverty reduction policy recommendations for the next four years (2021-2025)