Published May 14, 2024 | Version v1
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CHARACTERISTICS AND POTENTIAL OF THE EXTREME POOR IN THE MENTAWAI ISLANDS REGENCY, WEST SUMATRA PROVINCE

  • 1. Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia.
  • 2. Business Administration Study Program, Faculty of Business communications, Universitas Telkom, Bandung, Indonesia
  • 3. management major, Faculty of Economics, Universitas Putra Indonesia (UNPI), Cianjur, Indonesia.

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Abstract: This study aims to determine the characteristics and potential of the extreme poor as a first step in the preparation of policies to accelerate extreme poverty alleviation in the Mentawai Islands Regency of West Sumatra province. Using descriptive qualitative research method on 24,748 extreme poor people in P3KE data, it is known that; low welfare status, 63 per cent unemployed, working in the agricultural sector, not all received poverty programme assistance, male-dominated household head, productive age, many school-age children, low education level, utilising wells and rainwater, non-electricity source of lighting and using public BAB facilities.

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