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With the growing intensity of urban problems, most notably poverty, it is imperative to identify the range of related aspects that help or hinder urban poverty reduction efforts. One emerging aspect is the role of city spatial planning in urban poverty reduction efforts.
East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is one of the provinces in Indonesia with a relatively high poverty rate. For this reason, many poverty reduction programs have been implemented in this region, including microfinance services. This study aims to look at the dynamics of the supply of, and demand for, microfinance services in connection with poverty reduction in NTT.
Kabupaten Sumba Timur is one of 29 kabupaten/kota that were included in the test piloting of the JPK-Gakin program. Since 2003, the local health agency (Bapel) has been quite successful in managing this program. The program that is funded by the government from fuel subsidy allocations has already touched the poor whose numbers are quite significant (75% of the population are poor families) in Sumba Timur.
