Capacity Building in Urban Poverty Alleviation in Indonesia

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the development of organizational capacity in urban poverty reduction as measured through the individual level of capacity development, the level of organization of its tasks and functions. The method used in this study is a qualitative research method with the support of secondary data. The parameters used in this study are through capacity development with research variables which include: knowledge, behavior and ethics, expertise and skills, facilities and infrastructure, financial resources, management and leadership. Implementing urban poverty alleviation through the national urban community empowerment program for urban development in terms of institutional capacity development and individual capacity is not optimal. Meanwhile the variables that most influence the successful achievement of the implementation of urban poverty reduction are facilities and infrastructure, leadership, behavior and ethics. But one of the achievements can be seen from the rolling economic activities. The results of this study can be concluded that the development of organizational capacity that has been well pursued, has not been able to achieve overall success in developing its capacity both at the individual level and at the organizational level.