The Affect of Economic Growth toward Poverty in JABODETABEK

The problem of poverty in JABODETABEK when measured by the percentage of poverty has decreased but tends to be slow in 2014-2018 and this problem is a challenge for the government because the poverty rate is still high in JABODETABEK, even though this region has high industrial activity in Java and is a location factor that affects close to the centre of government. This happens because economic growth is the most dominant anti-poverty instrument. This study uses panel data regression analysis technique with the data used is secondary data obtained from the Central Statistics Agency. The results obtained indicate that economic growth has a positive and significant effect on poverty. Suggestions for reducing poverty levels are that local governments need to encourage an increase in the rate of economic growth in the areas of Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi