Research Article
The Political Policy of Muaro Jambi Local Government and It‘s Impact on People’s Welfare
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.5-9-2018.2281099, author={Pahrudin HM and Ratna Dewi}, title={The Political Policy of Muaro Jambi Local Government and It‘s Impact on People’s Welfare}, proceedings={Proceedings of the first International Conference on Social Sciences, Humanities, Economics and Law, September 5-6 2018, Padang, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICONSHEL}, year={2019}, month={3}, keywords={decentralization local government political policy welfare}, doi={10.4108/eai.5-9-2018.2281099} }- Pahrudin HM
Ratna Dewi
Year: 2019
The Political Policy of Muaro Jambi Local Government and It‘s Impact on People’s Welfare
ICONSHEL
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.5-9-2018.2281099
Abstract
Local government is assessed to have better knowledge about the needs and preferences of its citizens. The regional government in implementing regional autonomy is obliged to fulfill the regional needs in accordance with the established budget with the aim of improving the welfare of its people by improving the quality of life, developing democratic life, realizing justice and equity, improving basic education services, providing health care facilities and providing facilities social and public facilities. Therefore, development programs through a series of policies generated by the heads of regions are highly anticipated, so that the welfare of society that has been aspired in achieved. However, some studies have shown that decentralization in many parts of Indonesia is still not able to achieve the welfare of society with the various factors that cause it. This research was a qualitative approach with literature research conducted by reviewing development programs of Muaro Jambi and it is society’s welfare data during 2015-2017. The study’s results show that the level of community welfare in this area is not high because the poverty number still 17.520 people (4.30%) and the unemployment rate is still 75,988 people (5.40%). Therefore, the efforts of local governments through a series of development policies that can improve the welfare of the community must be improved.
