Abstract
This study aimes to provide an overview of the importance of social capital in poverty alleviation in Pariaman coastal area. The research was a survey research conducted in Padang Pariaman District, sample was conducted purposively sampling with 100 fishermen households as a sample. The result revelead that institution and culture variables get good categories while trust and participation variables are categorized as poor. The institution is one of four variables which has a significant correlation with welfare while the others are not significant. Trust and participation variables not have a significant correlation because they get poor category, but the interesting case even though the culture variable which gets a positive category but does not correlate significantly with the welfare. Although only institution variable which has a significant correlation with welfare, in general social capital has a positive impact on poverty alleviation in Pariaman Distric.
Highlights
The poverty which inherent in the lives of fishermen communities has become a factual situation in coastal areas of Indonesia (Humaedi, 2012)
Using the initial premise that social capital has an effect on poverty alleviation, this study develops a social capital model which includes institution, culture, trust, and participation as a variables and has the aim of knowing the relationship between social capital and poverty alleviation in Pariaman coastal area
We present the results of four social capital variables, the following are described regarding the relationship of social capital with welfare and the relationship of each variable of social capital to welfare
Summary
The poverty which inherent in the lives of fishermen communities has become a factual situation in coastal areas of Indonesia (Humaedi, 2012). (Kamarni, Anshori, Sukmana) sector who can unite to empower fishing communities through the development of social networks along with the increasing social capital in the form of social networks of fishermen groups. The different result conducted by Cleaver's (2004), the social capital does not have a real impact to reduce poverty and improve welfare. This finding is due to research focusing on policies to strengthen institutions and eliminate culture and community participation as the main core of social capital. The good news, since 2016 poverty in Pariaman tends to decline (Badan Pusat Statistik, 2018) This shows that the program for reducing poverty in Pariaman Distric is quite successful, whether social capital is one of the factors in decreasing the poverty level in Pariaman Distric is an interesting thing to discuss. Using the initial premise that social capital has an effect on poverty alleviation, this study develops a social capital model which includes institution, culture, trust, and participation as a variables and has the aim of knowing the relationship between social capital and poverty alleviation in Pariaman coastal area
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