Poverty Reduction Policy Evaluation: A Study of Independent Village Development Movement (Gerakan Pembangunan Desa Mandiri, Gerbang Dema) in Respen Tubu Village of Malinau Regency - East Kalimantan Province of Indonesia

Abstract

In order to reduce poverty and to develop local area, Malinau Government implemented a program, so called, the model of Independent Village Development Movement (Gerakan Pembangunan Desa Mandiri, Gerbang Dema). Malinau Local Government had set Malinau Poverty Reduction Strategic Plan and had established a Coordinating Team for Poverty Reduction. In organizing the development, the model focused on 3 (three) things: (1) infrastructural development; (2) human resources development, and (3) agricultural development in terms of  economic development. Development programs and activities implemented by the Malinau Local Government to address the various problems shows the developmental progress, but on the other hand the poverty rate is still quite high. In the process of public policy, the evaluation stage is as an integral part of other stages. Evaluation of public policy on poverty reduction policy in Malinau Regency played an important role. The evaluation was conducted to obtain information about the achievement of policy objectives, to provide useful information on the implemented policies as well as to set a useful, more effective and efficient tool for future policy-making.

Keywords: public policy evaluation, poverty reduction, Gerbang Dema, social economy