Inequality and Poverty Alleviation: Globalization, Access, and Gender

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10.2991/icied-17.2018.25How to use a DOI?

Keywords

economics inequality; poverty; globalization; gender

Abstract

The high economic growth in Indonesia has not been followed by economic equality. The economic inequality is usually in line with poverty. In developing countries, economic inequality and poverty are not only the economic problems but also social problems. Globalization, the lack of access to public facilities, democracy issues, gender equality and unemployment may affect the decrease of poverty and economics inequality. This study is aimed to determine the dominant roles in reducing the inequality and poverty in Indonesia. This study applied 2011-2015 data from Statistics Indonesia and Bappenas. Globalization was proxied by trade globalization, democracy was represented by Indonesia Democracy Index, and unequal access to public and social facilities was represented by regions (western Indonesia and eastern Indonesia) and women HDI. Meanwhile, unemployment was proxied by unemployment index, and gender equality was represented by Gender Development Index. Multiple regression analysis and two stages least square regression analysis were applied in this study. Multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the effects of independent variables to economics inequality and poverty separately. Meanwhile, two stages least square regression analysis was used to analyze the effects of independent variables to economics inequality and poverty simultaneously. The result shows that economics inequality was affected by poverty, but not vice versa. Based on that, a policy on reducing poverty should be prioritized. Poverty can be reduced by improving access to public and social facilities (especially for women), opening up to globalization and creating labor-intensive jobs to reduce unemployment. When poverty has declined, access to public and social facilities in Eastern Indonesia should be improved to optimize the inequality-reducing policy. In addition, a policy in reducing gender inequality should also be effectuated. This study is expected to be taken into consideration in the preparation of priority programs in order to reduce economic inequality and poverty alleviation

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Ade Marsinta Arsani
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TI  - Inequality and Poverty Alleviation: Globalization, Access, and Gender
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Indonesian Economy and Development (ICIED 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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