Abstract
Abstract: This study aims to describe the condition of the welfare gap between residents and regions in Indonesia on a number of welfare indicators namely poverty depth index, poverty severity index, Gini Coefficient Index (GCI), and the Human Development Index (HDI). This study also aims to analyze the importance of fiscal policy, especially in the form of state expenditure allocations to minimize the gap. This study uses a quantitative descriptive analysis method that is by calculating some of the indicator data needed through the approach of average value, termun, standard devasi, and others. The result is a description of the welfare gap between people / regions in Indonesia and an overview of government policies that have been carried out. Whereas one of the recommendations is that the government should allocate state expenditures that are more effective, efficient, quality and pay attention to priority scale so that it can solve the welfare gap problem above.
Highlights
One of the mandates in the Preamble of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia is that the state is obliged to protect the entire Indonesian nation and to promote the general welfare
The Government is determined to realize the noble goals in the Preamble of the Constitution including fiscal policy by allocating state expenditure to the State Budget (APBN) which aims to reduce the gap in the welfare of the Indonesian people and regions through various programs and activities financed by the APBN
Based on the area of residence, in the period March 2017-September 2017, the number of poor people in urban areas decreased by 401.28 thousand people while in rural areas decreased by 786.95 thousand people
Summary
One of the mandates in the Preamble of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia is that the state is obliged to protect the entire Indonesian nation and to promote the general welfare. Both countries' goals must be felt by all Indonesian people. Still according to LKPP, MoF (2017) that the number of poor people in Indonesia in September 2017 reached 26.58 million people (10.12 percent) decreased compared to the conditions in March 2017 which amounted to 27.77 million (10.64 percent). This downward trend can be seen from graph 1 below
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