Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
In general poverty reduction uses two approaches: economic development to increase income, and community empowerment to improve the capacity of human resources. The success of poverty reduction schemes is determined, among others, by its policy and targeting accuracy. The policy can be targeted at the community, family, or individual which is disaggregated by age and gender.
Prior to the implementation of Law No. 6/2014 on Villages (the “Village Law”), the prevailing policies on village areas were considered ineffective in bringing change at the village level, particularly in terms of village governance. The implementation of the Village Law thus offers new possibilities for village development, given that the Village Law views villages as being self-regulating and self-managing.
Aiming to examine the impacts of price volatility of food and other basic needs on poor and vulnerable people, this study takes into account the socioeconomic costs the people have to pay in managing the changes in their everyday life. Global food prices have shown a more volatile and higher trend in recent years.
The revelation of cases of budget misappropriation in some regions demonstrates that Village Law supravillage supervisory practices experience shortcomings.
This report describes the result of the qualitative socioeconomic monitoring conducted by The SMERU Research Institute toward the EINRIP road improvement in Kabupaten Bulukumba and Kabupaten Sinjai in the South of Sulawesi.
