Collaborating with Center for Rural and Regions Studies UGM and Strategic Alliance for Poverty Reduction, this research was conducted to understand the dynamics that occur in the field associated with poverty reduction programs to find the difficulties encountered in various programs implemented. From this research, it is expected to find alternative strategies that can be used by related stakeholders to jointly improve the effectiveness of poverty reduction programs so that the target of reducing social problems due to poverty can be achieved as expected.
This research is divided into two patterns, namely literature study and field research. The literature study was done by deepening the bibliographic references to understand the poverty and theoretical problems from previously written sources of study. On the other hand, field studies were conducted by observing the dynamics occurring in the field through survey instruments and in-depth observations so that the theoretical symptoms can be found on poverty reduction. The survey was conducted in 15 districts / municipalities that became SAPA assisted areas namely Kota Banda Aceh, Kab. Serdang Bedagai, Kab. Bandung, Kab. Ciamis, Kab. Garut, Kab. Sukabumi, Kab. Subang, Kota Tasikmalaya, Kab. Kebumen, Kab. Gunung Kidul, Surakarta City, Kab. Jembrana, Kab. Central Lombok, Kupang City and Makassar City.