Regional Coopertion Strategy in Urban Poverty Alleviation Case Study on Urban Poverty Project Indonesia

Abstract

A distinctive problem in urban poverty alleviation is, that successful development of a city always pulls poor people from other areas entering the city. Poor people may not be formal residents of the city. Local government of the city, then, needs to cooperate other local governments to alleviate the special type of urban poverty. In Indonesian condition, regional cooperation may be introduced by local governments themselves. The cooperation need special data on migrants. Meanwhile, national government may support by orienting local governemnt’s proposal for DAK (Dana Alokasi Khusus, Special Allocation Fund) for regional cooperation on poverty alleviation. Another alternative is putting special acitivity on regional cooperation among local government, within Urban Poverty Project (UPP). Key words: local government, national government, DAK (Dana Alokasi Khusus, Special Allocation Fund)