The ministry is reminding the importance of validating extreme poverty data so that it (the data) becomes accurate and interventions can be carried out on target.Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture has emphasized the importance of extreme poverty data validation for obtaining accurate and on-target results for poverty eradication programs.
"The ministry is reminding the importance of validating extreme poverty data so that it (the data) becomes accurate and interventions can be carried out on target," the ministry's expert staff for sustainable development Agus Suprapto said when contacted on Monday.
Extreme poverty data validation is currently being carried out in regions, he noted.
"Accurate data will support the extreme poverty eradication acceleration program through various policy strategies," he said.
It will help ensure that key programs to reduce the burden of expenses on the community, increase people's income, and reduce the number of pockets of poverty run well, he said.
Based on Presidential Instruction Number 4 of 2022 on extreme poverty eradication acceleration, regional heads have been tasked with deciding the target data of extremely poor families, depending on the results of village meetings and proven by official reports of the meetings, he explained.
In addition, regional governments need to develop programs and activities in the District/City Regional Government Work Plan and allocate budgets from regional budgets (APBD) to accelerate extreme poverty eradication, including updating data on beneficiaries, which include their names and addresses.
"If during the validation process, it is found that there are extremely poor families who have not been included in the list (of beneficiaries), then they can be coordinated with the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture," he informed.
Meanwhile, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy encouraged all parties to optimize three key programs related to extreme poverty eradication.
The first is social assistance and subsidies to ease the spending burden of extremely poor people.
The second program involves community empowerment to help increase the income of extremely poor people, and the third program concerns the development of basic infrastructures to reduce pockets of poverty.
The government is targeting to eradicate the extreme poverty rate from four percent to zero percent in 2024, Effendy noted.
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